30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

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All 17 seats in the House of Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.72% (3.98pp)
First party Second party   Leader John Compton Julian Hunte Party UWP Labour Party Last election 52.46%, 9 seats 38.27%, 8 seats Seats won 9 8 Seat change Popular vote 28,046 21,515 Percentage 53.18% 40.80% Swing 0.72pp 2.53pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election John Compton UWP Subsequent Prime Minister John Compton UWP

Snap general elections were held in Saint Lucia on 30 April 1987, ^[1] after elections earlier in the month had resulted in only a single-seat majority for the United Workers Party (UWP). Despite the former increasing their share of the vote from 52.5% to 53.2%, the number of seats held by the UWP and the Saint Lucia Labour Party remained the same. Voter turnout was 64.7%. ^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Workers Party	28,046	53.18	9	0
	Saint Lucia Labour Party	21,515	40.80	8	0
	Progressive Labour Party	3,176	6.02	0	0
Total		52,737	100.00	17	0
Valid votes		52,737	97.87
Invalid/blank votes		1,146	2.13
Total votes		53,883	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		83,257	64.72
Source: Nohlen

References

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