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1979 Vincentian general election

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Field	Value
country	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1974 Vincentian general election
previous_year	1974
next_election	1984 Vincentian general election
next_year	1984
seats_for_election	13 of 21 seats in the House of Assembly
majority_seats	7
election_date	5 December 1979
registered	52,073
turnout	63.90% ( 0.66pp)
image1	Milton Cato 1982.jpg
leader1	Milton Cato
party1	Saint Vincent Labour Party
popular_vote1	17,876
percentage1	54.24%
swing1	14.80pp
last_election1	69.04%, 10 seats
seats1	11
seat_change1	1
image2	James F. Mitchell 1986 (cropped).jpg
leader2	James Mitchell
party2	New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
popular_vote2	9,022
percentage2	27.38%
swing2	New
last_election2	–
seats2	2
seat_change2	New
map_image	1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines general election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Office created
after_election	Milton Cato
after_party	SVLP

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 5 December 1979. The result was a victory for the Saint Vincent Labour Party (SVLP), which won eleven of the thirteen seats. Voter turnout was 64%, up only slightly from 63% in 1974.

Campaign

Fifty candidates contested the 13 seats from four parties. The SVLP led by Milton Cato, Prime Minister since 1974; the People's Political Party (PPP), the SVLP's traditional rival, headed by Ebenezer Joshua; the New Democratic Party, led by James Fitz-Allen Mitchell; and the United People's Movement of Ralph Gonsalves, which contested elections for the first time. All four groups presented a similar manifesto but ideologically the United People's Movement was oriented to the left much as the political groups which had recently come to power in Grenada and Saint Lucia. The SVLP (considered a moderate socialist party), the centrist New Democratic Party and the People's Political Party were oriented to the right.

Results

On polling day, the SVLP obtained a clear victory as it captured 11 of the 13 seats. The other two seats went to New Democratic Party candidates although the NDP leader, James Mitchell, was himself defeated.

By constituency

Constituency	Registered
voters	Party	Votes	SVLP	NDP	UPM	PPP	Independents	Valid	Invalid	Total	Turnout	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
North Windward	2,943	718	35.5	566	28.0	268	13.3	362	17.9	98	4.9	2,012	8	2,020	68.6
North Central Windward	4,582	1,725	56.1	633	20.6	582	18.9	115	3.7	–	–	3,055	19	3,074	67.1
South Central Windward	3,569	1,006	44.1	658	28.8	383	16.8	226	9.9	–	–	2,273	10	2,283	64.0
South Windward	3,475	1,391	59.5	611	26.1	305	13.0	–	–	–	–	2,307	32	2,339	67.3
Marriaqua	3,527	1,807	82.1	229	10.4	135	6.1	12	0.5	–	–	2,183	18	2,201	62.4
East St. George	4,350	1,962	74.0	416	15.7	237	8.9	15	0.6	–	–	2,630	22	2,652	61.0
West St. George	4,815	1,608	55.7	322	11.2	419	14.5	510	17.7	–	–	2,859	26	2,885	59.9
East Kingstown	4,425	1,369	56.3	478	19.7	468	19.3	81	3.3	–	–	2,396	34	2,430	54.9
West Kingstown	4,404	1,586	63.4	514	20.5	379	15.1	–	–	–	–	2,479	24	2,503	56.8
South Leeward	4,740	1,678	51.6	989	30.4	491	15.1	28	0.9	–	–	3,186	63	3,249	68.5
Central Leeward	3,160	1,360	60.6	291	13.0	553	24.7	22	1.0	–	–	2,226	17	2,243	71.0
North Leeward	4,253	1,384	44.5	1,448	46.6	247	7.9	15	0.5	–	–	3,094	16	3,110	73.1
Grenadines	3,830	282	12.3	1,867	81.6	–	–	106	4.6		–	–	2,255	32	2,287	59.7
Total	52,073	17,876	54.2	9,022	27.4	4,467	13.6	1,492	4.5	98	0.3	32,955	321	33,276	63.9

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p600 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p603
"General Election Results - 5 December 1979". Caribbean Elections.

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