1982 Saint Lucian general election
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| Turnout | 65.80% ( 2.21pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 3 May 1982.[1] The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won fourteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 65.8%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| United Workers Party | 27,252 | 56.18 | 14 | +9 | |
| Progressive Labour Party | 13,133 | 27.07 | 1 | New | |
| Saint Lucia Labour Party | 8,122 | 16.74 | 2 | –10 | |
| Total | 48,507 | 100.00 | 17 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 48,507 | 97.82 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,083 | 2.18 | |||
| Total votes | 49,590 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 75,363 | 65.80 | |||
| Source: Caribbean Elections | |||||
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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