IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

110,488	6
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
98,119	67.67%
Registered Voters (as of Dec. 23, 2020)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Saint Vincentian House of Assembly		Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: King CHARLES III *
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 King is hereditary head of state.
Prime Minister is appointed by the governor-general.
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 by the governor-general to serve 5-year terms. For the 6 appointed senators, 4 are chosen to represent the government and 2 to represent the opposition.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Saint Vincentian House of Assembly	1998-06-13	51,540	76,469	67.4%
Saint Vincentian House of Assembly	2001-03-28	58,498	84,536	69.2%
Saint Vincentian House of Assembly	2005-12-07	57,968	91,045	63.67%
Saint Vincentian House of Assembly	2010-12-13	62,993	101,067	62.33%
Saint Vincentian House of Assembly	2015-12-09	65,706	89,527	73.39%
Saint Vincentian House of Assembly	2020-11-05	68,689	98,119	70.01%

Voter Turnout