| Parliament name |
Houses of Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name |
House of Assembly |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Senate
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
1 January 1900
|
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 17
other 1 |
| Constituencies |
17 single-member constituencies. |
| Voting system |
Majority:
Simple majority vote (first past the post).
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by-elections held within three months of the occurrence of the vacancy.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- British Commonwealth citizenship
- residence in Saint Lucia
- disqualifications: insanity, imprisonment, death sentence, conviction for electoral offences |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 21 years
- British Commonwealth citizenship
- birth in Saint Lucia
- domicile and residence in the country on the date of nomination (or birth elsewhere with residency in the country for a period of 12 months immediately before that date)
- ability to speak and - unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause - to read the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to take an active part in the proceedings of the House
- ineligibilities: allegiance to a foreign State, undischarged bankruptcy, insanity, death sentence, imprisonment exceeding 12 months |
| Incompatibilities |
- ministers of religion |
| Candidacy requirements |
- support by at least six registered electors
- deposit of 250 East Caribbean dollars, reimbursed if the candidate obtains at least 1/8 of the votes cast in the constituency |
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