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1997 Saint Lucian general election

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Field	Value
country	Saint Lucia
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1992 Saint Lucian general election
previous_year	1992
next_election	2001 Saint Lucian general election
next_year	2001
seats_for_election	All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
majority_seats	9
election_date	23 May 1997
turnout	66.05% (3.26pp)
image1	Kenny Anthony 2004.jpg
leader1	Kenny Anthony
party1	Saint Lucia Labour Party
popular_vote1	44,153
last_election1	43.17%, 16 seats
seats1	16
seat_change1	10
percentage1	61.35%
swing1	18.18pp
image2	3x4.svg
leader2	Vaughan Lewis
party2	United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)
last_election2	56.67%, 11 seats
seats2	1
seat_change2	10
popular_vote2	25,565
percentage2	36.58%
swing2	20.09pp
map_image	1997 Saint Lucian general election (results by constituency).svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Vaughan Lewis
before_party	United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)
after_election	Kenny Anthony
after_party	Saint Lucia Labour Party

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

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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