1966 Vincentian general election

1966 Vincentian general election

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9 seats in the House of Assembly 5 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.54% ( 7.41pp)
First party Second party   Leader Ebenezer Joshua Milton Cato Party PPP SVLP Last election 49.03%, 5 seats 50.87%, 4 seats Seats won 5 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 13,427 13,930 Percentage 49.03% 50.87% Swing 0.29pp 2.99pp
Results by constituency
Chief Minister before election Ebenezer Joshua PPP Elected Chief Minister Ebenezer Joshua PPP

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 22 August 1966. ^[1] Although the Saint Vincent Labour Party received the most votes, the People's Political Party won a majority of seats. Voter turnout was 84.1%. ^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Saint Vincent Labour Party	13,930	50.87	4	+1
	People's Political Party	13,427	49.03	5	–1
	Independents	28	0.10	0	0
Total		27,385	100.00	9	0
Valid votes		27,385	98.02
Invalid/blank votes		552	1.98
Total votes		27,937	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,044	84.54
Source: Caribbean Elections

By constituency

Constituency	SVLP		PPP		Independents		Valid votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
North Leeward	1,500	49.9	1,504	50.1			3,004
South Leeward	1,996	62.9	1,179	37.1			3,175
Kingstown	2,040	49.4	2,089	50.6			4,129
West St. George	1,297	40.2	1,926	59.8			3,223
East St. George	1,955	61.9	1,202	38.1			3,157
South Windward	2,281	73.3	830	26.7			3,111
Central Windward	927	32.1	1,960	67.9			2,887
North Windward	768	28.9	1,890	71.1			2,658
Grenadines	1,166	57.1	847	41.5	28	1.4	2,041
Total	13,930	50.9	13,427	49.0	28	0.1	27,385
Source: Caribbean Elections

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p600 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p602