1972 Vincentian general election

1972 Vincentian general election

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13 seats in the House of Assembly 7 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.61% ( 6.94pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Milton Cato Ebenezer Joshua James Mitchell Party SVLP PPP Independent Last election 50.42%, 6 seats 46.22%, 3 seats – Seats won 6 6 1 Seat change 3 New Popular vote 16,108 14,507 1,330 Percentage 50.42% 45.41% 4.16% Swing 3.36pp 0.81pp New
Results by constituency
Premier before election Milton Cato SVLP Elected Premier James Mitchell Independent

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 7 April 1972. ^[1] The result was a tie between the People's Political Party and the Saint Vincent Labour Party, which both won six seats. Despite being a former member of the SVLP (which had received a majority of the public vote), the sole independent MP James Fitz-Allen Mitchell formed a government with the PPP. Voter turnout was 75.6%. ^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Saint Vincent Labour Party	16,108	50.42	6	0
	People's Political Party	14,507	45.41	6	+3
	Independents	1,330	4.16	1	New
Total		31,945	100.00	13	+4
Valid votes		31,945	98.93
Invalid/blank votes		344	1.07
Total votes		32,289	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		42,707	75.61
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p600 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p603