United People's Movement (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
The United People's Movement was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
It was established just before the 1979 national elections as a leftist alliance. It comprised the Youlou Liberation Movement (Yulimo) (Ralph Gonsalves and Renwick Rose), Arwee (Oscar Allen) and the People's Democratic Movement (Kenneth John).[1] It contested national elections in 1979, when it received 13.6% of the vote, but failed to win a seat.[2]
Renwick Rose was the first leader of UPM, he was succeeded by Oscar Allen, and then by Adrian Saunders in 1988.[1] Shortly before the 1984 elections several members left to form the Movement for National Unity after a majority of UPM members refused to renounce the policies of Fidel Castro.[3] As a result, the party's vote share fell to 3.2% and it remained seatless. In 1989 it received just 468 votes and again failed to win a seat. It did not contest any further elections.[4]
Electoral history
[edit]House of Assembly elections
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Outcome |
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| 1979 | 4,467 | 13.55% | 0 / 13
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 3rd
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 1984 | 1,350 | 3.20% | 0 / 13
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3rd
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 1989 | 468 | 1.07% | 0 / 15
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 4th
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Extra-parliamentary |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gunson, Phil; Chamberlain, Greg; Thompson, Andrew (1991). The dictionary of contemporary politics of Central America and the Caribbean. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0132133725.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp603-604 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p596
- ^ Nohlen, p601
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