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]
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All 17 seats in the House of Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 64.72% ( 3.98pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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_Saint_Lucian_general_election_(results_by_constituency).svg) Results by constituency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results edit
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| 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 edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p591