Summary
Economic issues dominated the 1992 campaign for the House of Assembly’s 17 seats. The ruling United Workers Party (UWP), led by Prime Minister John Compton, stressed that its policies had spared the country’s important tourist and banana-based industries from the worst effects of the global recession, while the main opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP), led by Mr. Julian Hunte, claimed that it was better fit to manage the economy and criticized the Prime Minister’s governing style, characterizing it as that of “benevolent dictator”. Mr. Compton countered by emphasizing that his victory was important for the continuation of the process of political union with the three other members of the Windward Islands (eastern Caribbean) Group – Dominica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
On polling day, the conservative UWP and the socialist SLP won all the House seats, as five years earlier, with the former raising its total by one to arrive at 11. Mr. Compton thus won a third conservative term of office as Prime Minister but declared that he would step down after his current mandate. He announced his new Cabinet on 4 May.
Source: Caribbean Elections
1992 Summary Results | ||||||||
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Constituency | Registered Votes | SLP | UWP | National Alliance | PLP | Rejected | Votes Cast | Turnout |
Gros Islet | 6,914 | 2,715 | 2,528 | – | – | 211 | 5,454 | 75.88% |
Babonneau | 6,325 | 961 | 2,390 | – | – | 178 | 3,529 | 55.79% |
Castries North | 11,308 | 2,009 | 3,511 | – | – | 138 | 5,658 | 50.04% |
Castries East | 10,445 | 1,958 | 3,050 | – | – | 281 | 5,289 | 50.64% |
Castries Central | 2,512 | 301 | 928 | – | – | 22 | 1,251 | 49.80% |
Castries South | 4,755 | 1,034 | 1,486 | – | 87 | 183 | 2,790 | 58.68% |
Anse La Raye & Canaries | 5,752 | 1,796 | 2,107 | – | – | 40 | 3,943 | 68.55% |
Soufriere | 5,726 | 1,798 | 1,847 | – | – | 60 | 3,705 | 64.70% |
Choiseul | 6,346 | 1,969 | 2,509 | – | – | 93 | 4,571 | 72.03% |
Laborie | 4,408 | 1,810 | 1,241 | – | – | 74 | 3,125 | 70.89% |
Vieux Fort South | 4,128 | 1,494 | 1,360 | – | – | 55 | 2,909 | 70.47% |
Vieux Fort North | 3,625 | 1,349 | 963 | – | – | 119 | 2,431 | 67.06% |
Micoud South | 3,999 | 680 | 1,792 | – | – | 111 | 2,583 | 64.59% |
Micoud North | 4,433 | 707 | 2,245 | – | – | 64 | 3,016 | 68.04% |
Dennery South | 3,011 | 1,223 | 1,059 | – | – | 20 | 2,302 | 76.45% |
Dennery North | 5,394 | 2,054 | 1,810 | 252 | – | 57 | 4,173 | 77.36% |
Castries South East | 7,709 | 1,702 | 2,717 | – | – | 160 | 4,579 | 59.40% |
TOTAL | 96,790 | 25,560 | 33,543 | 252 | 87 | 1,866 | 61,308 | 63.34% |
1992 Vote Distribution | |||||
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Constituency | Code | Total Votes | % Votes | Candidates | Seats |
St. Lucia Labour Party | SLP | 25,560 | 43.00% | 17 | 6 |
United Workers Party | UWP | 33,543 | 56.43% | 17 | 11 |
Progressive Labour Party | PLP | 87 | 0.15% | 1 | 1 |
National Alliance | NA | 252 | 0.42% | 1 | |
TOTAL VALID VOTES | 59,442 | 100% | 36 | 17 |
Party Legend
FREE – Freedom Party
NA – National Alliance
PLP – Progressive Labour Party
SLP – Saint Lucia Labour Party
UWP – United Workers Party
IND – Independent