Elections in Saint Lucia
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{{Politics of Saint Lucia}}
'''Elections in Saint Lucia''' gives information on [[election]] and election results in [[politics of Saint Lucia|Saint Lucia]].
Saint Lucia elects on national level a [[legislature]]. The '''[[Parliament of Saint Lucia|Legislature]]''' has two [[bicameralism|chambers]]. The '''[[House of Assembly of Saint Lucia|House of Assembly]]''' has 17 members, elected for a five year term in single-seat [[constituency|constituencies]]. The '''[[Senate of Saint Lucia|Senate]]''' has 11 appointed members.
Saint Lucia has a [[two-party system]], which means that there are two dominant [[political parties]], with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
==Latest election==
{{Main|Saint Lucian general election, 2006}}
{{Saint Lucia legislative election, 2006}}
==Past elections==
{{Saint Lucian elections}}
==Central Castries by-election==
Independent candidate [[Richard Frederick]] won the Castries Central seat at a by-election on 13 March 2006. Frederick defeated the incumbent [[Sarah Flood-Beaubrun]] and [[Saint Lucia Labour Party]] candidate Victor La Corbiniere.
==See also==
* [[Electoral calendar]]
* [[Electoral system]]
==External links==
*[http://www.electoral.gov.lc/ St Lucia Electoral Department website]
*[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/s/stlucia/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
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