General elections were held in
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea ...
on 13 December 2010. The result was a victory for the
Unity Labour Party, which won eight of the fifteen seats in the
House of Assembly
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Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible gover ...
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[Last elections]
IPU
Background
The date of the elections was announced at the
Calliaqua Playing Field by Prime Minister
Ralph Gonsalves on 14 November 2010. It was also announced that parliament would be dissolved on 15 November and nomination day would be on 26 November.
Campaign
A total of 44 candidates contested the elections; the Unity Labour Party and the
New Democratic Party
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both fielded a full slate of 15 candidates, whilst the
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
had 14 candidates.
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Results
References
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