Elections in Saint Lucia

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Elections in Saint Lucia gives information on election and election results in Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia elects on national level a legislature. The Legislature has two chambers. The House of Assembly has 17 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 11 appointed members. Saint Lucia has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Latest election[edit]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Saint Lucia Labour Party 37,172 44.09 6 –5
United Workers Party 46,164 54.76 11 +5
Lucian People's Movement 155 0.18 0 0
Independents 810 0.96 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 2,223
Total 86,524 100 17 0
Registered voters/turnout 161,883 53.45
Source: Electoral Department

Past elections[edit]

Central Castries by-election[edit]

Independent candidate Richard Frederick won the Castries Central seat at a by-election on 13 March 2006. Frederick defeated the incumbent Sarah Flood-Beaubrun and Saint Lucia Labour Party candidate Victor La Corbiniere.

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