30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

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 UWP. Despite 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]

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
Turnout64.72% (Increase3.98pp)
  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 Steady Steady
Popular vote 28,046 21,515
Percentage 53.18% 40.80%
Swing Increase0.72pp Increase2.53pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

John Compton
UWP

Subsequent Prime Minister

John Compton
UWP

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Workers Party28,04653.1890
Saint Lucia Labour Party21,51540.8080
Progressive Labour Party3,1766.0200
Total52,737100.00170
Valid votes52,73797.87
Invalid/blank votes1,1462.13
Total votes53,883100.00
Registered voters/turnout83,25764.72
Source: Nohlen

References

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