1979 Saint Lucian general election

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1979 Saint Lucian general election
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg
  1974 2 July 1979 1982  

All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.01% (Decrease2.svg16.37pp)
 First partySecond party
  3x4.svg John Compton 1986 (cropped).jpg
Leader Allan Louisy John Compton
Party Labour Party UWP
Last election44.65%, 7 seats53.35%, 10 seats
Seats won125
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote25,29419,706
Percentage56.21%43.79%
SwingIncrease2.svg11.56ppDecrease2.svg9.56pp

1979 Saint Lucian general election (results by constituency).svg
Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

John Compton
UWP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Allan Louisy
Labour Party

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 2 July 1979. [1] The result was a victory for the Saint Lucia Labour Party, which won twelve of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 68.0%. [2]

Results

Saint Lucia Parliament 1979.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Saint Lucia Labour Party 25,29456.2112+5
United Workers Party 19,70643.795–5
Total45,000100.00170
Valid votes45,00097.42
Invalid/blank votes1,1912.58
Total votes46,191100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,91768.01
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p590