The Movement for National Unity was a political party in
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea wh ...
. It was formed shortly before the
1984 general elections by a split from the
United People's Movement due to the refusal of most party members to disown
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
's politics.
[ Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p. 596. ] Some of the support for the Movement for National Unity was the result of absorbing former members of the disbanded
Youlou United Liberation Movement of the 1970s. The new party received 2.0% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. In the
1989 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1989.
Africa
* 1989 Beninese parliamentary election
* 1989 Botswana general election
* 1989 Equatorial Guinean presidential election
* 1989 People's Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
* ...
it increased its share of the vote to 2.4%, but remained seatless. However, in the
1994 elections it received 17.4% of the vote and won a single seat.
[Nohlen, pp. 603-604.] In the same year it merged with the
Saint Vincent Labour Party The Saint Vincent Labour Party was a social democratic political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 1955 to 1994. It was the ruling party from 1967 to 1972 and again from 1974 until 1984.
History
The party was established in 1955. Nohl ...
to form the
Unity Labour Party
The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a democratic socialist political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently the governing party, it is led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. .
Electoral history
House of Assembly elections
See also
*
Youlou United Liberation Movement
References
{{Saint Vincent and the Grenadines political parties
Political parties in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Socialist parties in North America