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saint luCia**

H.E. Cynthia,
Chairperson, Electoral Department

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
SAINT LUCIA
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Bicameral
SAINT LUCIA
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government House of Assembly and Senate
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of the Government nominated
Prime Minister – Allen Chastanet
In the Senate 11 members are appointed by the
5. Head of the State monarch to serve a 5-year term. In House of
Queen – Elizabeth II Assembly 17 members are elected by popular
Governor-General – Sir Neville Cenac vote to serve a 5-year term. Six seats are
appointed according to the Prime Minister’s
6. Capital recommendation
Castries
4. Popular House
7. Currency House of Assembly and Senate
Eastern Caribbean dollar
5. Type of Electoral System
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) FPTP
85.3% Black (African), 10.9% Mixed, 2.2% Indian,
1.6% Other, 0.1% Unspecified PArt iii

9. Date of Independence and from which Country ELECtorAL sYstEM
22 February 1979 (from the UK)
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
22 February 1979
1. Name of the EMB(S)
11. Language (s) Saint Lucia Electoral Department
English (official), French patois
2. Website Address
12. Literacy Levels http://www.electoral.gov.lc/
90%

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