| General Election
Results - 7 April 1972 |
General elections were held on Friday, 7 April 1972 for all the Representatives in the House of Assembly. Four seats were added since last elections increasing the number of elected seats to 13.
The result was a tie between the People's Political Party (PPP) and the St. Vincent Labour Party (SVLP), which both won six seats. Despite being a former member of the SVLP (which had received a majority of the public vote), the sole independent MP James Fitz-Allen Mitchell formed a government with the E.T. Joshua’s PPP. Voter turnout was 75.6%. Mitchell became the country’s second Premier with Joshua as Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance.
On 18 September 1974, the House of Assembly passed a vote of “no confidence” in the Government after E.T. Joshua and his wife I.I. Joshua resigned from the Government following a disagreement with Premier Mitchell over policy issues. Parliament was subsequently dissolved on 23 September 1974. |
| Total Valid Votes |
31,945 |
| Invalid Votes |
344 |
| Total Votes Cast |
32,289 |
| Population |
100,000 |
| Voting Age Population |
40,600 |
| Registered Voters |
42,707 |
| Voter Turnout |
75.61% |
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| Dissolution of Parliament |
Wed, 8 Mar 1972 |
| Nomination Day |
Mon, 20 Mar 1972 |
| Polling Day |
Fri, 7 Apr 1972 |
| First Meeting of Parliament |
Thu, 4 May 1972 |
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Saint Vincent Labour Party |
SVLP |
16,108 |
50.42% |
-3.4% |
13 |
6 |
- |
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People's Political Party |
PPP |
14,507 |
45.41% |
-0.8% |
13 |
6 |
+3 |
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Independents |
IND |
1,330 |
4.16% |
+4.2% |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
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Total Valid Votes |
Total |
31,945 |
100% |
- |
27 |
13 |
+4 |
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| North Windward |
498 |
1,489 |
- |
1,987 |
| North Central Windward |
1,349 |
1,413 |
- |
2,762 |
| South Central Windward |
259 |
1,683 |
- |
1,942 |
| South Windward |
1,552 |
614 |
- |
2,166 |
| Marriaqua |
1,952 |
392 |
- |
2,344 |
| East St. George |
1,934 |
499 |
- |
2,433 |
| West St. George |
1,181 |
1,515 |
- |
2,696 |
| East Kingstown |
1,397 |
1,337 |
- |
2,734 |
| West Kingstown |
1,581 |
1,346 |
- |
2,927 |
| South Leeward |
1,354 |
1,481 |
- |
2,835 |
| Central Leeward |
1,550 |
517 |
- |
2,067 |
| North Leeward |
1,330 |
1,402 |
- |
2,732 |
| Grenadines |
171 |
819 |
1,330 |
2,320 |
| Total |
16,108 |
14,507 |
1,330 |
31,945 |
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| North Windward |
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JOSHUA, Ivy Inez |
People's Political Party |
| North Central Windward |
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CUFFY, Victor Ivor |
People's Political Party |
| South Central Windward |
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JOSHUA, Ebenezer theodore* |
People's Political Party |
| South Windward |
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DACON, Charles St.Clair |
Saint Vincent Labour Party |
| Marriaqua |
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LATHAM, Levi Calvert |
Saint Vincent Labour Party |
| East St. George |
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CATO, Robert Milton* |
Saint Vincent Labour Party |
| West St. George |
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TANNIS, Clive Leonard |
People's Political Party |
| East Kingstown |
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RUSSELL, Randolph Bertie |
Saint Vincent Labour Party |
| West Kingstown |
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TANNIS, Hudson Kemuel |
Saint Vincent Labour Party |
| South Leeward |
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SYLVESTER, Othniel Rudolph |
People's Political Party |
| Central Leeward |
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WOODS, Arthur Theophilus |
Saint Vincent Labour Party |
| North Leeward |
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DENNIE, Alphonso Alphaeus |
People's Political Party |
| Grenadines |
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MITCHELL, James Fitz-Allen |
Independent |
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| Key |
| DRP= Democratic Republican Party; NDP = New Democratic Party; SVGP = St. Vincent and the Grenadines Green Party; ULP = Unity Labour Party; IND = Independent; * Incumbent; ** Political Leader |
| Sources |
| The Electoral Office of St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
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