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30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

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Field	Value
country	Saint Lucia
type	parliamentary
previous_election	6 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election
previous_year	6 April 1987
next_election	1992 Saint Lucian general election
next_year	1992
seats_for_election	All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
majority_seats	9
election_date	30 April 1987
turnout	64.72% (3.98pp)
image1	John Compton 1986 (cropped).jpg
leader1	John Compton
party1	United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)
popular_vote1	28,046
last_election1	52.46%, 9 seats
seats1	9
seat_change1
percentage1	53.18%
swing1	0.72pp
image2	Julian Hunte.jpg
leader2	Julian Hunte
party2	Saint Lucia Labour Party
last_election2	38.27%, 8 seats
seats2	8
seat_change2
popular_vote2	21,515
percentage2	40.80%
swing2	2.53pp
map_image	1987 (30 April) Saint Lucian general election (results by constituency).svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	John Compton
before_party	United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)
after_election	John Compton
after_party	United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)

Snap general elections were held in Saint Lucia on 30 April 1987, after elections earlier in the month had resulted in only a single-seat majority for the United Workers Party (UWP). Despite the former increasing their share of the vote from 52.5% to 53.2%, the number of seats held by the UWP and the Saint Lucia Labour Party remained the same. Voter turnout was 64.7%.

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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