2001 Saint Lucian general election

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3 December 2001

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All 17 seats in the House of Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

52.73% (

13.32pp)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Kenny Anthony	Morella Joseph
Party	Labour Party	UWP
Last election	61.35%, 16 seats	36.58%, 1 seat
Seats won	14	3
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	34,053	23,007
Percentage	56.01%	37.84%
Swing	5.34pp	1.26pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Kenny Anthony
Labour Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Kenny Anthony
Labour Party

Politics of Saint Lucia


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General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 3 December 2001. The result was a victory for the Saint Lucia Labour Party, which won fourteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 52.3%. As of 2023, this was the most recent election in which a ruling party was re-elected.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Saint Lucia Labour Party	34,053	56.01	14	–2
	United Workers Party	23,007	37.84	3	+2
	National Alliance	2,191	3.60	0	New
	Sou Tout Apwe Fete Fini	231	0.38	0	New
	Saint Lucia Freedom Party	18	0.03	0	New
	Independents	1,295	2.13	0	0
Total		60,795	100.00	17	0

Valid votes		60,795	96.80
Invalid/blank votes		2,010	3.20
Total votes		62,805	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		119,100	52.73
Source: Caribbean Elections

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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