6 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 6 April 1987.[1] The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won nine of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 60.7%.

As the UWP had only won a single seat majority, Prime Minister John Compton called early elections, which were held on 30 April in order to try to increase the party's majority. However, although their share of the vote rose to 53.2%, the SLP retained their eight seats.[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Workers Party	25,892	52.46	9	–5
	Saint Lucia Labour Party	18,889	38.27	8	+6
	Progressive Labour Party	4,572	9.26	0	–1
Total		49,353	100.00	17	0
Valid votes		49,353	97.71
Invalid/blank votes		1,158	2.29
Total votes		50,511	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		83,153	60.74
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, pp583-584