30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election
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Snap general elections were held in Saint Lucia on 30 April 1987,[1] after elections earlier in the month had resulted in only a single-seat majority for the UWP. Despite increasing their share of the vote from 52.5% to 53.2%, the number of seats held by the UWP and the Saint Lucia Labour Party remained the same. Voter turnout was 64.7%.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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United Workers Party | 28,046 | 53.2 | 9 | 0 |
Saint Lucia Labour Party | 21,515 | 40.8 | 8 | 0 |
Progressive Labour Party | 3,176 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,146 | – | – | – |
Total | 53,883 | 100 | 17 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 83,257 | 64.7 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p591