The Movement for National Unity was a political party 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 ...
. It was formed shortly before the
1984 general elections by a split from the
United People's Movement due to the refusal of most party members to disown
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2 ...
's politics.
[ Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p. 596. ] Some of the support for the Movement for National Unity was the result of absorbing former members of the disbanded
Youlou United Liberation Movement Youlou United Liberation Movement (YULIMO) was a Marxist-Leninist political movement in Saint Vincent that emerged in the 1970s. YULIMO was later disbanded, and absorbed into the Movement for National Unity.
YULIMO actively struggled for nationa ...
of the 1970s. The new party received 2.0% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. In the
1989 elections it increased its share of the vote to 2.4%, but remained seatless. However, in the
1994 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1994.
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it received 17.4% of the vote and won a single seat.
[Nohlen, pp. 603-604.] In the same year it merged with the
Saint Vincent Labour Party to form the
Unity Labour Party.
Electoral history
House of Assembly elections
See also
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Youlou United Liberation Movement Youlou United Liberation Movement (YULIMO) was a Marxist-Leninist political movement in Saint Vincent that emerged in the 1970s. YULIMO was later disbanded, and absorbed into the Movement for National Unity.
YULIMO actively struggled for nationa ...
References
{{Saint Vincent and the Grenadines political parties
Political parties in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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