6 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 6 April 1987.[1] The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won nine of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 60.7%.

6 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

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All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.74% (Decrease5.06pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader John Compton Julian Hunte
Party UWP Labour Party
Last election 56.18%, 14 seats 16.74%, 2 seats
Seats won 9 8
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 6
Popular vote 27,252 18,889
Percentage 52.46% 38.27%
Swing Decrease3.72pp Increase21.53pp

Prime Minister before election

John Compton
UWP

Subsequent Prime Minister

John Compton
UWP

As the UWP had only won a single seat majority, Prime Minister John Compton called early elections, which were held on 30 April in order to try to increase the party's majority. However, although their share of the vote rose to 53.2%, the SLP retained their eight seats.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Workers Party25,89252.469–5
Saint Lucia Labour Party18,88938.278+6
Progressive Labour Party4,5729.260–1
Total49,353100.00170
Valid votes49,35397.71
Invalid/blank votes1,1582.29
Total votes50,511100.00
Registered voters/turnout83,15360.74
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, pp583-584