1989 Vincentian general election
16 May 1989
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15 of 23 seats in the House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 61,091 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 72.38% ( 16.43pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 16 May 1989. The result was a landslide victory for the centrist New Democratic Party, which won all fifteen seats, returning James Mitchell to a second term as prime minister. Voter turnout was 72%.
The 1989 election was the most lopsided in terms of the popular vote margin since the country gained independence in 1979, with the NDP securing a 36-point victory over the second-placed Saint Vincent Labour Party.