Who won the elections 2020. 2020 Vincentian general election

In contrast to the "foreign influences" of the NDP, Gonsalves emphasized that the ULP's party manifesto had "come from the bowels of the people of this country, from our experiences and from our own creative minds and written by our own hands"

The funding for these initiatives would initially come from abolishing loopholes such as the " Act", which granted the mostly foreign residents of exemptions from tax and customs duties

George MP, criticized the NDP for nominating a returning emigrant like , rather than someone who had been living in the country more recently

This situation led many young Vincentians to , further handicapping development

The party promised free university education and wireless internet for all citizens as well as initiatives in order to encourage more-sustainable economic growth and provide better jobs for the local population.

2020 Vincentian general election: All other seats remained in the hands of the party previously holding them
2020 Vincentian general election: He criticized the NDP for supporting CBI , and later alleged that foreign strategists were directing the NDP campaign and spying on the ULP
2020 Vincentian general election: Gonsalves' son , the incumbent East St

As the previous elections had been held in , the current elections were constitutionally required to be held by March 2021

Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

George Laverne Gibson-Velox Marriaqua Bernard Wylie Chieftain Neptune Kadmiel McFee North Leeward Carlos James North Windward Shevern John Northern Grenadines Carlos Williams South Central Windward Israel Bruce South Leeward Minerva Glasgow South Windward Noel Dickson Southern Grenadines Edwin Snagg West Kingstown Deborah Charles West St

These elections marked the first time since that the party which received the most votes did not win the most seats

In , three teachers wanting to run as NDP candidates had also been forced to resign; the SVGTU obtained a court decision in the teachers' favour, but the PSC had not reinstated the teachers as of 2020.

2020 Vincentian general election: The result was a victory for the , its fifth in a row; the party won nine of the fifteen seats, gaining one seat
2020 Vincentian general election: The new leader criticized the ULP's and its inability to improve the country over its 19 years in power: while the ULP leaders benefited from government projects, the average citizen faced rising costs-of-living and an unemployment rate of over 30 percent
2020 Vincentian general election: The NDP candidate for North Leeward, Roland "Patel" Matthews, requested a recount

This was corroborated by a observer mission

Shevern John, the NDP candidate for North Windward, was denied leave from her job as a schoolteacher in order to contest the election, a benefit specified in the between the SVG Teacher's Union SVGTU and the Public Service Commission PSC

While the previous three elections had been held in December, PM chose to hold this election in November

However, the ULP saw their majority increase by one seat, North Leeward, which the ULP won by 7 votes

Nomination day was 20 October 2020.

2020 Vincentian general election: Being smaller than the other two parties, the GP signalled support for joining a coalition government
2020 Vincentian general election: He also proposed an increase in the minimum stipend for workers in the national service
2020 Vincentian general election: To combat this, Friday proposed several incentives, such as decreasing the national VAT rate and the interest rate on student loans and reforming the port customs system