30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

Snap general elections were held in Saint Lucia on 30 April 1987,[1] after elections earlier in the month had resulted in only a single-seat majority for the UWP. Despite 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%.[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Workers Party	28,046	53.18	9	0
	Saint Lucia Labour Party	21,515	40.80	8	0
	Progressive Labour Party	3,176	6.02	0	0
Total		52,737	100.00	17	0
Valid votes		52,737	97.87
Invalid/blank votes		1,146	2.13
Total votes		53,883	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		83,257	64.72
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p591