NDP topples Gonsalves' ULP in St Vincent and the Grenadines

The New Democratic Party (NDP) has secured victory in the 2025 national elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines, defeating the Dr Ralph Gonsalves-led United Labour Party (ULP).

Dr Godwin Friday, the NDP leader, will become the island’s seventh prime minister since its independence in 1979, concluding an almost quarter-century period outside the government’s central leadership.

Gonsalves' ULP has governed since 2001.

Preliminary figures showed the NDP leading in 12 of 15 seats across St Vincent & the Grenadines up to 8 p.m.

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