6 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

{{Short description|General elections in Saint Lucia held on 6 April 1987}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox election

| country = Saint Lucia

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1982 Saint Lucian general election

| previous_year = 1982

| next_election = 30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election

| next_year = 30 April 1987

| seats_for_election = All 17 seats in the House of Assembly

| majority_seats = 9

| election_date = 6 April 1987

| turnout = 60.74% ({{decrease}}5.06pp)

| image1 = John Compton 1986 (cropped).jpg

| leader1 = John Compton

| party1 = United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)

| popular_vote1 = 27,252

| last_election1 = 56.18%, 14 seats

| seats1 = 9

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 5

| percentage1 = 52.46%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}3.72pp

| image2 = Julian Hunte.jpg

| leader2 = Julian Hunte

| party2 = Saint Lucia Labour Party

| last_election2 = 16.74%, 2 seats

| seats2 = 8

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 6

| popular_vote2 = 18,889

| percentage2 = 38.27%

| swing2 = {{increase}}21.53pp

| map_image =

| map_caption = Results by constituency

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Subsequent Prime Minister

| before_election = John Compton

| before_party = United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)

| after_election = John Compton

| after_party = United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)

}}

{{Politics of Saint Lucia}}

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 6 April 1987.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p588 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}} The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won nine of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 60.7%.

As the UWP had only won a single seat majority, Prime Minister John Compton called early elections, which were held on 30 April in order to try to increase the party's majority. However, although their share of the vote rose to 53.2%, the SLP retained their eight seats.Nohlen, pp583-584