Country Profile:

Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    December 2010
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Region: Americas

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II *
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Ralph E. GONSALVES
  • Assembly: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a unicameral House of Assembly with 21 seats.

* Represented by Governor General Sir Fredrick Nathaniel BALLANTYNE

Description of electoral system:

  • The Queen is inherited N/A.
  • In the House of Assembly, 15 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 6 members are appointed .***

*** In the House of Assembly, 15 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member districts to serve 5-year terms and 6 members are appointed senators.

Population:

  • Population: 117,848 (July 2006 est.)

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - December 2010

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010