Movement for National Unity
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
House of Assembly elections
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
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1984 | Ralph Gonsalves | 855 | 2.03% | 0 / 13 | 4th | Extra-parliamentary | |
1989 | 1,030 | 2.35% | 0 / 15 | 3rd | Extra-parliamentary | ||
1994 | 8,178 | 17.42% | 1 / 15 | 1 | 3rd | Opposition |
See also
References
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- New Democratic Party
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Green Party
- United Progressive Party
- Unity Labour Party
- Democratic Freedom Movement
- Democratic Republican Party
- Eighth Army of Liberation
- Mitchell/Sylvester Faction
- Movement for National Unity
- People's Liberation Movement
- People's Political Party
- People's Working Party
- Saint Vincent Labour Party
- United People's Movement
- West Indies National Party