2020 Vincentian general election

2020 Vincentian general election

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15 seats in the House of Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.95% (Decrease 6.44pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ralph Gonsalves Godwin Friday
Party Unity Labour New Democratic
Last election 8 seats 7 seats
Seats won 9 6
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 32,419 32,900
Percentage 49.59% 50.33%
Swing Decrease2.69pp Increase2.96pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Ralph Gonsalves
Unity Labour

Elected Prime Minister

Ralph Gonsalves
Unity Labour

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 5 November 2020. Nomination day was 20 October 2020.[1] The result was a victory for the Unity Labour Party, its fifth in a row; the party won nine of the fifteen seats, gaining one seat. These elections marked the first time since 1998 that the party which received the most votes did not win the most seats and the first time since 1994 that the New Democratic Party won the popular vote.

  1. ^ "Gonsalves breaks trend, calls November election". iWitness News. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.