Country: | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1984 Vincentian general election |
Previous Year: | 1984 |
Next Election: | 1994 Vincentian general election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | 15 seats in the House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 8 |
Election Date: | 16 May 1989 |
Turnout: | 72.38% (16.43pp) |
Image1: | James F. Mitchell 1986 (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | James Mitchell |
Party1: | New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) |
Popular Vote1: | 29,079 |
Percentage1: | 66.29% |
Swing1: | 14.88pp |
Last Election1: | 51.41%, 9 seats |
Seats1: | 15 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | James Mitchell |
Before Party: | NDP |
After Election: | James Mitchell |
After Party: | NDP |
General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 16 May 1989.[1] 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 72.4%.[2]
The 1989 election is also 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. As of 2017, this is the last time that a single party won over 60% of the popular vote or more than 80% of the constituencies. It is also the last time that North Central Windward, South Windward, and Central Leeward have voted for the NDP.