Movement for National Unity explained

The Movement for National Unity was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It was formed shortly before the 1984 general elections by a split from the United People's Movement due to the refusal of most party members to disown Fidel Castro's politics.[1] Some of the support for the Movement for National Unity was the result of absorbing former members of the disbanded Youlou United Liberation Movement of the 1970s.[2] The new party received 2.0% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. In the 1989 elections it increased its share of the vote to 2.4%, but remained seatless. However, in the 1994 elections it received 17.4% of the vote and won a single seat.[3] In the same year it merged with the Saint Vincent Labour Party to form the Unity Labour Party.

Election results

House of Assembly elections

ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionStatus
1984Ralph Gonsalves8552.03% 4th
19891,0302.35% 3rd
19948,17817.42% 1 3rd

See also

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Mars, Perry. Ideology and change : the transformation of the Caribbean left. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. p. 59.
  3. Nohlen, pp. 603-604.