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The incumbent Unity Labour Party (ULP) was returned to office for an unprecedented fifth consecutive term, winning nine (9) out of fifteen (15) seats. [2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) won the remaining six seats and formed the opposition. [2]
The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a democratic socialist political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently the governing party, it is led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. [5] The party is an observer of COPPPAL and an affiliate of Foro de São Paulo. From 1994 to 2014, the party was a member of Socialist International. [6]
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Ralph Everard Gonsalves (born 8 August 1946) is a Vincentian politician who has served as prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) since 2001. [4] Gonsalves is the longest continuously serving Prime Minister since St. Vincent's independence is 1979.
For the first time since 1998, the ULP did not win the popular vote. However, the ULP saw their majority increase by one seat, North Leeward, which the ULP won by 7 votes. All other seats remained in the hands of the party previously holding them. [37] The NDP candidate for North Leeward, Roland "Patel" Matthews, requested a recount.
General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 15 June 1998. [1] Although the Unity Labour Party (ULP) received a majority of the public vote, the New Democratic Party (NDP) won a majority of seats, the first time the party receiving a majority of the vote had failed to win the elections since 1966.
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