2001 Saint Lucian general election

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2001 Saint Lucian general election
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg
  1997 3 December 2001 2006  

All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.73% (Decrease2.svg13.32pp)
 First partySecond party
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Leader Kenny Anthony Morella Joseph
Party Labour Party UWP
Last election61.35%, 16 seats36.58%, 1 seat
Seats won143
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote34,05323,007
Percentage56.01%37.84%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.34ppIncrease2.svg 1.26pp

2001 Saint Lucian general election (results by constituency).svg
Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Kenny Anthony
Labour Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Kenny Anthony
Labour Party

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 3 December 2001. [1] The result was a victory for the Saint Lucia Labour Party, which won fourteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 52.3%. [2] As of 2023, this was the most recent election in which a ruling party was re-elected.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Saint Lucia Labour Party 34,05356.0114–2
United Workers Party 23,00737.843+2
National Alliance 2,1913.600New
Sou Tout Apwe Fete Fini 2310.380New
Saint Lucia Freedom Party 180.030New
Independents 1,2952.1300
Total60,795100.00170
Valid votes60,79596.80
Invalid/blank votes2,0103.20
Total votes62,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout119,10052.73
Source: Caribbean Elections

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p591