Unity Labour Party
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The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a social democratic and democratic socialistic 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.Vorlage:Fact
Electoral history
House of Assembly elections
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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'.