1989 Vincentian general election

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1989 Vincentian general election
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg
  1984 16 May 1989 1994  

15 of 23 seats in the House of Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.38% (Decrease2.svg16.43pp)
 First party
  James F. Mitchell 1986 (cropped).jpg
Leader James Mitchell
Party New Democratic
Last election51.41%, 9 seats
Seats won15
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6
Popular vote29,079
Percentage66.29%
SwingIncrease2.svg14.88pp

1989 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines general election - Results by constituency.svg
Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

James Mitchell
NDP

Elected Prime Minister

James Mitchell
NDP

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 16 May 1989. [1] The result was a landslide victory for the centrist New Democratic Party, which won all fifteen seats, returning James Mitchell to a second term as prime minister. Voter turnout was 72.4%. [2]

The 1989 election is also the most lopsided in terms of the popular vote margin since the country gained independence in 1979, with the NDP securing a 36-point victory over the second-placed Saint Vincent Labour Party. As of 2017, this is the last time that a single party won over 60% of the popular vote or more than 80% of the constituencies. It is also the last time that North Central Windward, South Windward, and Central Leeward have voted for the NDP.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Democratic Party 29,07966.2915+6
Saint Vincent Labour Party 13,29030.300–4
Movement for National Unity 1,0302.3500
United People's Movement 4681.0700
Total43,867100.0015+2
Valid votes43,86799.21
Invalid/blank votes3510.79
Total votes44,218100.00
Registered voters/turnout61,09172.38
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