List of political parties in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for electoral success of smaller parties.

Parties holding office

Party Founded Position Ideology Leader

(since)

Slogan and Manifesto House of Assembly
Unity Labour Party (ULP) 1994[1] Centre-left to left-wing Democratic socialism
Agrarian socialism
Republicanism
Ralph Gonsalves
(December 1998)[2]
"Lifting SVG higher."[3]
9 / 15
New Democratic Party (NDP) 1975[4] Centre-right Conservatism
Pro-Commonwealth
Godwin Friday
(November 2016)[5]
"Let's get SVG working."[6]
6 / 15

Other parties

Name Founded Position Ideology Leader

(since)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Green Party 2005[7] Left-wing Green Ivan O'Neal
United Progressive Party (UPP) 2020 Centre to centre-left[8] Progressivism Mark J.N Doyle

Historical parties

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Caribbean Elections | St. Vincent and the Grenadines General Elections 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  2. ^ "Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves". Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Manifesto". Unity Labour Party. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. ^ "Caribbean Elections | St. Vincent and the Grenadines General Elections 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  5. ^ Haynes, Abigail (28 November 2016). "NDP's New President". NBC SVG.
  6. ^ "Our Manifesto". NDP SVG. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  7. ^ "Caribbean Elections | St. Vincent and the Grenadines General Elections 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  8. ^ "The United Progressive Party | United Progressive Party". uppstvincent.com.
  9. ^ "Caribbean Elections | St. Vincent and the Grenadines General Elections 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  10. ^ "St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Democratic Republican Party (DRP)," Archived 2016-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Election Centre 2015, Caribbean Elections, www.caribbeanelections.com/