St. Lucia’s election confirms 2025 as an election year in the Caribbean

By Admin. Updated 8:24 p.m., Monday, November 10, 2025, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4). 

Following Vincentians going to the polls on 27 November to elect a new government, St. Lucians will be next.

On 9 November, St. Lucia’s Prime Minister, Philip J. Pierre, announced the election date as 1 December 2025.

“Today, I advised the Governor General to dissolve the Parliament of Saint Lucia tomorrow, Monday, 10th November 2025, and to issue ‘Writs of Election’ to pave the way for the General Election,” the Prime Minister said.

The General Elections will be held on Monday, 1 December 2025, with nomination day set for Friday, 21 November 2025.

Mr Pierre’s St. Lucia Labour Party will be challenged by the main opposition, the United Workers Party (UWP), led by Mr Allen Chastanet.

Below is a summary of Caribbean elections held this year and their outcomes.

In Trinidad and Tobago’s general election on 28 April, the opposition United National Congress (UNC), led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, achieved a decisive victory, securing 26 of the 41 parliamentary seats.

Persad-Bissessar, previously Prime Minister from 2010 to 2015, was sworn in again on 1 May. The defeated governing People’s National Movement (PNM), led by former Prime Minister Keith Rowley and brief successor Stuart Young, won 13 seats and moved into opposition. The election unfolded amid concerns over rising crime and economic challenges. Young’s snap election call shortly after assuming office was seen as an attempt to strengthen his mandate but resulted instead in a swift political turnover.

In September, Guyana’s general election reaffirmed President Irfaan Ali and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in power with about 55.3% of the vote. Guyana uses a system of proportional representation.

Opposition groups included new challengers We Invest In Nationhood (WIN) and the coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).

Though part of the South American landscape, Guyana is part of the Caribbean Community CARICOM.

Meanwhile, Jamaica’s electoral contest saw the incumbent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) winning a majority of 34 constituencies, with the People’s National Party (PNP) as opposition, consolidating the JLP’s governance.

The Caribbean region continues to grapple with transnational crime, climatic impacts, and now, a hovering regional conflict involving the U.S. and Venezuela.

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