Vincentian general election, 2001

Vincentian general election, 2001

28 March 2001
15 seats in the House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	69.2% (1.8%)
First party Second party   Leader Ralph Gonsalves Arnhim Eustace Party ULP NDP Leader's seat North Central Windward East Kingstown Last election 7 seats 8 seats Seats won 12 3 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 32,925 23,844 Percentage 56.5% 40.9% Swing 1.9% 4.4%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes Constituency won by Ralph Gonsalves, and Blue denotes those won by Arnhim Eustace.
Prime Minister before election Ralph Gonsalves Unity Labour Party Elected Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves Unity Labour Party

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Executive Monarch Elizabeth II Governor-General Frederick Ballantyne Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Legislative House of Assembly Speaker: Jomo Sanga Thomas
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Executive Monarch Elizabeth II Governor-General Frederick Ballantyne Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Legislative House of Assembly Speaker: Jomo Sanga Thomas
Elections Recent elections General: 2001 2005 2010 2015 Political parties
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General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 28 March 2001.^[1] The Unity Labour Party (ULP), which had won the popular vote in the 1998 elections but lost to the New Democratic Party (NDP), this time won a landslide victory, taking 12 of the 15 seats, ending seventeen years of an NDP government. The NDP retained only three of its eight seats inclusive of the two Grenadines seats which had voted for the party's former leader, Sir James Mitchell, in every general election since 1966.

With his ULP having won every election that followed, Gonsalves became the country's longest continuously-serving head of government in 2017, surpassing the previous record-holder, James Mitchell who had served continuously for 16 years and 2 months.

Results

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