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Associates Times will be covering live for Saint Lucia Elections, throughout the day with minute-by-minute updates on polling, voter turnout and results.
Saint Lucia Elections Live
Castries, Saint Lucia: Saint Lucia is heading to the polls today as both the Saint Lucia Labour Party and United Workers Party are seeking to return to office for the next five years. A total of 1,79,000 will decide the future of the country and both the parties as they try their hardest to convince the citizens about the agenda of their respective parties.
Associates Times is bringing you live coverage, through minute-by-minute updates of polling, results, reactions, public opinion and on ground developments throughout the day. The voting on December 1 polls will decide whether the Saint Lucia Labour Party is securing its second consecutive term in office or UWP is returning after five years.
The elections will be held to decide the future on 17 parliamentary seats and constituencies included Canaries, Babonneua, Castries Central, Casties East, Castries North, Castries South, Castries South East, Choiseul, Dennery North, Dennery South, Gros Islet, Laborie, Micoud North, Micoud South, Soufriere, Vieux Fort North, and Vieuxย Forthย South.
For all the credible information regarding Saint Lucia Elections, stay tuned with Associates Times throughout the day.
Prime Minister Philip J Pierre has reached at the polling station of Entrepot Secondary School. He said that the voters should make the right choice as he trusts the electorate "to make the right choice for Saint Lucia."
He also reported that early indications and the lines that are forming outside the polling stations point to a strong voter turnout across the island this morning.
Voters across different polling stations described the environment calm and steady as they came out of their homes to vote for Saint Lucia Elections 2025. The early voters have formed lines outside the stations as they showcased their belief in democracy their right to vote.
In addition to that, the candidate from the respective constituencies also asked the citizens to come out and vote. They also handed over the numbers in case citizens face any problem during the voting process.
Citizens also encouraged each other to vote for their right one of the citizens named Charles Casmir noted that this is the time to vote for the progress of Saint Lucia.
As the polling begins, voters in Choiseul have lined up early at the Mongouge Combined School, which is the polling station for the constituency. The polling division serves more than a dozen surrounding communities.
People are coming out of their homes and vote for their favourite candidate to exercise their democratic right in the constituency.
Line formed in Castries East, a constituency which is contested by Prime Minister Philip J Pierre as residents get ready to vote in the 2025 general election.
In addition to that, Early-morning voters queue outside Dennery Infant School in Dennery South and the St Lucia TVET Institute in Dennery North.
As per the updates, polling stations will remain open until 6 pm tonight.
Polling has started in Saint Lucia as citizens are coming out of their homes to vote at their respective polling stations. Earlier, the police officials have cast their ballots in Northern Division and the voting turnout from the officials of Saint Lucia recorded high.
Earlier, Ernest Hilaire and Philip J Pierre asked leaders to vote for their rights and stability. Allen Chastanet of UWP also asked the citizens of Saint Lucia to vote for the change in the country.
As only few minutes are left for the official commencement of the polling in Saint Lucia, political leaders of Saint Lucia Labour Party and United Workers Party encouraged the citizens to vote and exercise their democratice rights.
From Prime Minister Philip J Pierre to Allen Chastanet, leaders asked citizens to come out of their homes and vote for the better Saint Lucia.
In addition to that, Managing Director at Rodney Bay Medical Centre and Rodney Bay Diagnostic Centre, Tanya Destang-Beaubrun asked Saint Lucians to make their vote count. She said that elections are not about party colours or loyalty to a leader, they are about their right to vote and their responsibility as a citizen.
She said, โ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก. ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.โ
Beaubrun added that this is the time to honour their civic duty and approach this moment with respect and compassion, knowing that someone will win, someone will lose, and the will of the people mustย beย respected.