The NDP candidate for North Leeward, Roland "Patel" Matthews, requested a recount | Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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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 | 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.
5However, the ULP saw their majority increase by one seat, North Leeward, which the ULP won by 7 votes | While the NDP had been advocating for the country to switch recognition from Taiwan to China since 2016, the party moderated its stance after meeting with Vincentians currently studying in Taiwan on scholarship |
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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 National Monitoring and Consultative Mechanism NMCM , a domestic election observer, judged the election to be free and fair overall.