General elections were held in

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on 7 April 1972. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p600 The result was a tie between the People's Political Party and the

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, 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

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formed a government with the PPP. Voter turnout was 75.6%.Nohlen, p603

Results

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