Country: | Saint Lucia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2006 Saint Lucian general election |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2016 Saint Lucian general election |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Seats For Election: | All 17 seats in the House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 9 |
Election Date: | 28 November 2011 |
Turnout: | 56.14% (2.32pp) |
Image1: | Kenny Anthony, Sta. LucĂa.jpg |
Leader1: | Kenny Anthony |
Party1: | Saint Lucia Labour Party |
Popular Vote1: | 42,620 |
Last Election1: | 48.32%, 6 seats |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Percentage1: | 50.99% |
Swing1: | 2.67pp |
Leader2: | Stephenson King |
Party2: | United Workers Party (Saint Lucia) |
Popular Vote2: | 39,336 |
Last Election2: | 51.34%, 11 seats |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Percentage2: | 46.96% |
Swing2: | 4.38pp |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Prime Minister |
Before Election: | Stephenson King |
Before Party: | United Workers Party (Saint Lucia) |
After Election: | Kenny Anthony |
After Party: | Saint Lucia Labour Party |
General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 28 November 2011.[1] The result was a victory for the opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party, which won eleven of the seventeen seats.[2] On 30 November 2011 Labour Party leader Kenny Anthony was sworn in as Prime Minister.[3]
The 17 elected members of the House of Assembly were elected by first-past-the-post voting in single member constituencies. Following the elections, a Speaker was elected, who may be from outside the House.