General elections were held in
Saint Lucia on 23 May 1997.
[ Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p588 ] The result was a victory for the
Saint Lucia Labour Party
The Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) is a social democratic political party in Saint Lucia. It currently holds 13 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly.
History
The party was established in 1949, backed by the Saint Lucia Workers Cooperative ...
, which won sixteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 66.1%.
[Nohlen, p591]
Results
References
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Saint Lucia