The Movement for National Unity was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 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's politics.[1] 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.[2] The new party received 2.0% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. In the 1989 elections 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.[3] In the same year it merged with the Saint Vincent Labour Party to form the Unity Labour Party.
Election results
editHouse of Assembly elections
edit| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Ralph Gonsalves | 855 | 2.03% | 0 / 13
|
|
 4th
|
Extra-parliamentary |
| 1989 | 1,030 | 2.35% | 0 / 15
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|
3rd
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 1994 | 8,178 | 17.42% | 1 / 15
|
1
|
3rd
|
Opposition |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 596. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Mars, Perry. Ideology and change : the transformation of the Caribbean left. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. p. 59.
- ^ Nohlen, pp. 603-604.