Saint Lucia elects on the national level a legislature. The Legislature has two chambers. The House of Assembly has 17 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 11 appointed members. Saint Lucia has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Latest election

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Saint Lucia Labour Party43,79950.1413+7
United Workers Party37,48142.912–9
National Green Party2710.310New
Independents5,8076.652+2
Total87,358100.00170
Valid votes87,35898.10
Invalid/blank votes1,6941.90
Total votes89,052100.00
Registered voters/turnout174,33251.08
Source: Electoral Department

Central Castries by-election

Independent candidate Richard Frederick won the Castries Central seat at a by-election on 13 March 2006. Frederick defeated the incumbent Sarah Flood-Beaubrun and Saint Lucia Labour Party candidate Victor La Corbiniere.

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