Elections In Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia elects on the 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
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Saint Lucia Labour Party | 43,799 | 50.14 | 13 | +7 | |
| United Workers Party | 37,481 | 42.91 | 2 | –9 | |
| National Green Party | 271 | 0.31 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 5,807 | 6.65 | 2 | +2 | |
| Total | 87,358 | 100.00 | 17 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 87,358 | 98.10 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,694 | 1.90 | |||
| Total votes | 89,052 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 174,332 | 51.08 | |||
| Source: Electoral Department | |||||
Central Castries by-election
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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