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General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 26 July 2021, [1] having been constitutionally required by 12 October 2021. Voters elected all 17 members of the House of Assembly . [ 2 ] The result was a victory for the opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party , which won 13 of the 17 seats in the House, while the ruling United Workers Party lost nine ...
According to the constitution, elections for a new Parliament session can be held at the latest five years and 90 days after the opening of the previous session. The first session after the 2021 election was held on 17 August 2021, [ 2 ] leaving the deadline for the next elections as November 2026.
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.
In elections held 23 May 1997, the St. Lucia Labour Party won all but one of the 17 seats in Parliament, and Dr. Kenny Anthony became Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Planning and Development on 24 May 1997. In elections of 3 December 2001 the St. Lucia Labour Party won 14 of the 17 available seats.
The House of Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Saint Lucia, elected by popular vote.The upper house is the Senate.It has 17 or 18 members: 17 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, and a speaker elected by the 17 members, who may be one of their number or a person chosen from outside the House.
The Parliament of Saint Lucia is the bicameral legislative branch of the government of Saint Lucia. It consists of the King , who is represented by the governor general , and the 2 parts of the legislature , the Senate and the House of Assembly .
2016 campaign poster for future Saint Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet. General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 6 June 2016. [1] The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won eleven of the seventeen seats. [2] On 7 June 2016 United Workers Party leader Allen Chastanet was sworn in as Prime Minister. [3]
This article lists political parties in Saint Lucia. 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.