St Lucia Elections: Massive victory for SLP

Saint Lucia: The St. Lucia Labour Party has won the general elections with a massive victory by holding 12 seats out of 17. The elections took place on 26 July 2021. 

Two seats have been won by independent candidates and two by the UWP- United Workers Party party, while the counting is still going in Gros Islet, in which the SLP is leading the counting.

The newly elected Prime Minister of the Caribbean island – Phillip J.Pierre, after the massive victory, thanked the citizens of St Lucia for showing their faith in him and SLP. 

Following is the list of the candidates & the constituency they have won:- 

• Candidate’s name     Constituency name     Party won
• Wayne Girard             Anse la Raye/Canaries    SLP
• Albert-Poyotte             Babonneau Virginia        SLP
• Richard Frederick         Castries Central           Independent
• Philip J Pierre              Castries East                SLP
• Stephenson King          Castries North             Independent
• Allen Chastanet           Micoud South               UWP
• Jeremiah Norbert         Micoud North                SLP
• Alva Baptiste               Laborie                       SLP
• Paul Prospere             Dennery South              SLP
• Shawn Edward            Dennery North               SLP
• Bradley Felix              Choiseul/Saltibus           UWP
• Joachim Andre           Castries South East         SLP
• Ernest Hilaire             Castries South               SLP
• Kenny Anthony          Vieux Fort South             SLP
• Moses Jean Baptiste    Vieux Fort North            SLP
• Hippolyte                   Soufriere Emma             SLP
• Gros Islet                 STILL COUNTING

The people of St Lucia went out on the streets to celebrate the victory, while the citizens of the Caribbean island have stated that they have a lot of hopes from the SLP government. 

Earlier, the Political Advisor of the UWP government noted that this year the party would not win over three seats, and the predictions came true. While the predictions and ground reports of Associate Times also came true. 

The last general elections took place in the year 2016, in which 11 seats were won by the UWP government, making Allen Chastanet as the Prime Minister, while six seats were won by the St Lucia Labour Party then.