1982 Saint Lucian general election

1982 Saint Lucian general election
3 May 1982
All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.80% (2.21pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Compton Peter Josie Jon Odlum
Party UWP Labour Party PLP
Last election 43.79%, 5 seats 56.21%, 12 seats –
Seats won 14 2 1
Seat change 9 10 New
Popular vote 27,252 8,122 13,133
Percentage 56.18% 16.27% 27.07%
Swing 12.39pp 39.47pp New
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Michael Pilgrim
PLP

Subsequent Prime Minister

John Compton
UWP

Politics of Saint Lucia
Executive
Legislative
Elections
Administrative divisions (Quarters)
Foreign relations

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 3 May 1982.[1] The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won fourteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 65.8%.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Workers Party27,25256.1814+9
Progressive Labour Party13,13327.071New
Saint Lucia Labour Party8,12216.742–10
Total48,507100.00170
Valid votes48,50797.82
Invalid/blank votes1,0832.18
Total votes49,590100.00
Registered voters/turnout75,36365.80
Source: Caribbean Elections

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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