Unity Labour Party
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The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently the governing party, it is led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves.[1]
The party is an observer of COPPPAL and an affiliate of Foro de São Paulo. From 1994 to 2014, the party was a member of Socialist International.[2]
History
The party was formed in 1994 from the merger of the Saint Vincent Labour Party and the Movement for National Unity.[1] The parties had run as an alliance in the elections earlier that year, promising voters that they would merge after the election regardless of the result.[1] In the 1998 elections they received 54.6% of the vote, but the New Democratic Party won a majority of seats. However, in the 2001 general election the ULP won its first parliamentary majority, winning twelve of the fifteen seats.[3] The party won another majority in the 2005 general election.[4] With a fall in popular support, the party was narrowly re-elected in the 2010 general election, winning 8 out of 15 elected seats in the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the same taking place in the 2015 general elections and was re-elected in the 2020 general election, this time winning 9 out of 15 seats but lost the popular vote to the New Democratic Party.[5]
In November 2020, Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines since 2001, made history by securing the fifth consecutive victory of his Unity Labour Party (ULP) in general election.[6]
Electoral history
House of Assembly elections
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Ralph Gonsalves | 28,025 | 54.6% | Vorlage:Composition bar | Vorlage:Increase 4 | Vorlage:Steady 2nd | Vorlage:No2 |
| 2001 | 32,925 | 56.5% | Vorlage:Composition bar | Vorlage:Increase 5 | Vorlage:Increase 1st | Vorlage:Yes2 | |
| 2005 | 31,848 | 55.26% | Vorlage:Composition bar | Vorlage:Steady | Vorlage:Steady 1st | Vorlage:Yes2 | |
| 2010 | 32,099 | 51.11% | Vorlage:Composition bar | Vorlage:Decrease 4 | Vorlage:Steady 1st | Vorlage:Yes2 | |
| 2015 | 34,246 | 52.28% | Vorlage:Composition bar | Vorlage:Steady | Vorlage:Steady 1st | Vorlage:Yes2 | |
| 2020 | 32,353 | 49.58% | Vorlage:Composition bar | Vorlage:Increase 1 | Vorlage:Steady 1st | Vorlage:Yes2 |
References
External links
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- ↑ a b c Unity Labour Party web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date" Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden. Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.
- ↑ Member Parties of the Socialist International. Archiviert vom am 3. Mai 2013; abgerufen am 28. Oktober 2011.
- ↑ General Election Results - 28 March 2001 web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date" Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden. Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.
- ↑ General Election Results - 7 December 2005 web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date" Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden. Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.
- ↑ IFES Election Guide | Elections: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament 2020. In: www.electionguide.org.
- ↑ Ralph romps to fifth straight election win in St Vincent and the Grenadines In: jamaica-gleaner.com, 6 November 2020 (englisch).