Elections in Saint Lucia

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Elections in Saint Lucia gives information on election and election results in Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia elects on national level a legislature. The Legislature has two chambers. The House of Assembly has 17 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 11 appointed members. Saint Lucia has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Latest election

Main article: Saint Lucian general election, 2011

 Summary of the 28 November 2011 Saint Lucian House of Assembly election results

Parties	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP)	42,456	50.99	+2.7%	11	+5
United Workers Party (UWP)	39,100	46.96	–4.3%	6	–5
Independents	1,338	1.61	+1.3%	0	—
National Democratic Movement (NDM)	200	0.24	—	0	—
Lucian People's Movement (LPM)	143	0.17	—	0	—
Lucian Greens (LG)	23	0.03	—	0	—
Valid votes (turnout 56.14%)	83,260	100.00		17
Source: Caribbean Elections

Central Castries by-election

Independent candidate Richard Frederick won the Castries Central seat at a by-election on 13 March 2006. Frederick defeated the incumbent Sarah Flood-Beaubrun and Saint Lucia Labour Party candidate Victor La Corbiniere.

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• St Lucia Electoral Department website
• Adam Carr's Election Archive