30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election|
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| Turnout | 64.72% (3.98pp) |
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First party
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Second party
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| Leader
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John Compton
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Julian Hunte
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| Party
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UWP
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Labour Party
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| Last election
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52.46%, 9 seats
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38.27%, 8 seats
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| Seats won
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9
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8
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| Seat change
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| Popular vote
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28,046
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21,515
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| Percentage
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53.18%
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40.80%
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| Swing
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0.72pp
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2.53pp
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Results by constituency |
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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]
Results
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p591