1997 Saint Lucian general election

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23 May 1997

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All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

66.05% (

3.26pp)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Kenny Anthony	Vaughan Lewis
Party	Labour Party	UWP
Last election	43.17%, 16 seats	56.67%, 11 seats
Seats won	16	1
Seat change	10	10
Popular vote	44,153	25,565
Percentage	61.35%	36.58%
Swing	18.18pp	20.09pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Vaughan Lewis
UWP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Kenny Anthony
Labour Party

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General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 23 May 1997. The result was a victory for the Saint Lucia Labour Party, which won sixteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 66.1%.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Saint Lucia Labour Party	44,153	61.35	16	+8
	United Workers Party	26,325	36.58	1	–8
	Independents	1,494	2.08	0	New
Total		71,972	100.00	17	0

Valid votes		71,972	97.87
Invalid/blank votes		1,563	2.13
Total votes		73,535	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		111,330	66.05
Source: Nohlen, IPU

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p591

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