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2010 Vincentian general election

General election held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Summary

General election held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Field	Value
election_name	2010 Vincentian general election
country	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2005 Vincentian general election
previous_year	2005
next_election	2015 Vincentian general election
next_year	2015
seats_for_election	15 of 23 seats in the House of Assembly
majority_seats	8
election_date	13 December 2010
registered	101,067
turnout	62.33% ( 1.34pp)
<!-- Unity Labour Party -->	image1	[[File:Ralph Gonsalves.jpg	150x150px	Ralph Gonsalves]]
leader1	Ralph Gonsalves
party1	Unity Labour Party
leaders_seat1	North Central Windward
popular_vote1	32,099
percentage1	51.11%
swing1	4.15pp
last_election1	55.26%, 12 seats
seats1	8
seat_change1	4
<!-- New Democratic Party -->	image2	[[File:Arnhim Eustace (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
leader2	Arnhim Eustace
party2	New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
leaders_seat2	East Kingstown
popular_vote2	30,568
percentage2	48.67%
swing2	3.99pp
last_election2	44.68%, 3 seats
seats2	7
seat_change2	4
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Ralph Gonsalves
before_party	Unity Labour Party
after_election	Ralph Gonsalves
after_party	Unity Labour Party
map_image	2010 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines general election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
leader_since1	6 December 1998
leader_since2	27 October 2000

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 13 December 2010. The result was a victory for the Unity Labour Party, which won eight of the fifteen seats in the House of Assembly.

Background

The date of the elections was announced at the Calliaqua Playing Field by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on 14 November 2010. It was also announced that parliament would be dissolved on 15 November and nomination day would be on 26 November.

Campaign

A total of 44 candidates contested the elections; the Unity Labour Party and the New Democratic Party both fielded a full slate of 15 candidates, whilst the Green Party had 14 candidates.

Results

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2271_E.htm Last elections] IPU

Wikipedia Source

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