2001 Vincentian general election
{{Infobox election
| country = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1998 Vincentian general election
| previous_year = 1998
| next_election = 2005 Vincentian general election
| next_year = 2005
| seats_for_election = 15 of 23 seats in the House of Assembly
| majority_seats = 8
| election_date = 28 March 2001
| turnout = 69.20% ({{increase}} 1.84pp)
| image1 = Ralph Gonsalves.jpg
| leader1 = Ralph Gonsalves
| party1 = Unity Labour Party
| popular_vote1 = 32,925
| percentage1 = 56.49%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 1.89pp
| last_election1 = 7 seats
| seats1 = 12
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 5
| image2 = Arnhim Eustace (cropped).jpg
| leader2 = Arnhim Eustace
| party2 = New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
| popular_vote2 = 23,844
| percentage2 = 40.91%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 4.40pp
| last_election2 = 8 seats
| seats2 = 3
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5
| map_image = 2001 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines general election - Results by constituency.svg
| map_caption = Results by constituency
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = Arnhim Eustace
| before_party = New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
| after_election = Ralph Gonsalves
| after_party = Unity Labour Party
}}{{Politics of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 28 March 2001.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p600 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}} The Unity Labour Party (ULP), which had won the popular vote in the 1998 elections but lost to the New Democratic Party (NDP), this time won a landslide victory, taking 12 of the 15 seats, ending seventeen years of an NDP government. The NDP retained only three of its eight seats inclusive of the two Grenadines seats which had voted for the party's former leader, Sir James Mitchell, in every general election since 1966.
With his ULP having won every election that followed, Gonsalves became the country's longest continuously-serving head of government in 2017, surpassing the previous record-holder, James Mitchell who had served continuously for 16 years and 2 months.
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Unity Labour Party|votes1=32925|seats1=12|sc1=+5
|party2=New Democratic Party|votes2=23844|seats2=3|sc2=–5
|party3=People's Progressive Movement|votes3=1515|seats3=0|sc3=New|color3=#F79646
|invalid=214
|total_sc=0
|electorate=84536
|source=[https://electoral.gov.vc/electoral/images/PDF/election_results_2001_2010.pdf Electoral Office]
}}
References
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{{Saint Vincent and the Grenadines elections}}