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St Lucia general elections 2021:SLP gains landslide victory

Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) made a massive victory in the 2021 general elections by gaining 12 seats out of 17.

Tuesday, 27th July 2021

SLP supporters (File Pic )
St Lucia: Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) made a massive victory in the 2021 general elections by gaining 12 seats out of 17.

Notably, SLP did not field candidates in two constituencies where former UWP members are campaigning as independents.

WIC News has continually been on the ground for many months, and our ground based  predictions on this elections comes 100% true , notably we predicted that UWP would not get more than 3 seats .

United Workers Party (UWP) managed only two seats so far, the same number won by a pair of unique Independent candidates - Stephenson King, who recently departed from the UWP, and Richard Frederick, a self-proclaimed 'Independent Labour candidate'.

[caption id="attachment_36288" align="alignnone" width="1080"]Photo shared by Philip J. Pierre Photo shared by Philip J. Pierre[/caption]

Also, one seat remained to be called, Gros Islet, in which the Labour Party led significantly.

SLP Candidates who managed seats :

Constituency                 Winner                    Party 

Anse la Raye/Canaries      Wayne Girard             SLP

Babonneau Virginia          Albert-Poyotte             SLP

Castries Central               Richard Frederick    Independent

Castries East                   Philip Pierre              SLP

Castries North                Stephenson King       Independent

Castries South                  Ernest Hilaire             SLP

Castries South East            Joachim Andre          SLP

Choiseul/Saltibus              Bradley Felix              UWP

Dennery North                  Shawn Edward           SLP

Dennery South                  Paul Prospere             SLP

Gros Islet                                                         SLP

Laborie                           Alva Baptiste               SLP

Micoud North                 Jeremiah Norbert           SLP

Micoud South                Allen Chastanet              UWP

Soufriere Emma                Hippolyte                     SLP

Vieux Fort North         Moses Jean Baptiste            SLP

Vieux Fort South             Kenny Anthony                SLP

After this landslide victory, new elected prime minister of St Lucia, Phillip J.Pierre, thanked all the people of St Lucia through his official social media account.

In addition, the roads of St Lucia seems crowded with the people who celebrated this massive victory; people were hugging each other.

WIC News correspondents talked to many common people; they said we have a lot of hope with this new government.

A lady added, " SLP will fulfil our aspirations, and St Lucia will witness as a more prosperous island. "