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The '''People's Political Party''' was a political party in [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]. It was established in 1952 as a breakaway from the ruling [[Eighth Army of Liberation]], and was the country's first lasting nationwide political party.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p595 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> It was the only party to contest the [[1954 Vincentian general election|1954 general elections]] and received three of the eight seats (the remaining seats were won by independents). In the [[1957 Vincentian general election|1957 elections]] it received almost half the national vote and won five of the eight seats. In [[1961 Vincentian general election|1961]] it remained in power with six of the nine seats.

In the [[1966 Vincentian general election|1966 elections]] it received fewer votes than the [[Saint Vincent Labour Party]], but won one seat more. However, in [[1967 Vincentian general election|early elections]] the following year it was reduced to three seats. After both parties won six seats in the [[1972 Vincentian general election|1972 elections]], [[1974 Vincentian general election|early elections]] were held in 1974. Prior to the election several senior members of the party formed the [[Mitchell/Sylvester Faction]]. The PPP's opposition to independence from the [[United Kingdom]] saw it reduced to just two seats, whilst the Labour Party won ten.<ref name=DN>Nohlen, p596</ref> In the [[1979 Vincentian general election|1979 elections]] it failed to win a seat, and was dissolved in 1984.<ref name=DN/>

== Electoral history ==

=== House of Assembly elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election
!Leader
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
!Position
!Government
|-
|[[1954 Vincentian general election|1954]]
| rowspan="8" |[[Ebenezer Joshua]]
|6,301
|40.3%
|{{Composition bar|3|8|hex={{party color|People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)}}}}
|New
|1st
|style="background-color:#CCCCFF" |Minority government
|-
|[[1957 Vincentian general election|1957]]
|9,702
|47.9%
|{{Composition bar|5|9|hex={{party color|People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
|[[1961 Vincentian general election|1961]]
|11,500
|49.2%
|{{Composition bar|6|9|hex={{party color|People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
|[[1966 Vincentian general election|1966]]
|13,427
|49.0%
|{{Composition bar|5|9|hex={{party color|People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
|[[1967 Vincentian general election|1967]]
|12,465
|46.2%
|{{Composition bar|3|13|hex={{party color|People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1972 Vincentian general election|1972]]
|14,507
|45.4%
|{{Composition bar|6|13|hex={{party color|People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{yes2|PPP-[[Independent politician|Ind]] coalition government}}
|-
|[[1974 Vincentian general election|1974]]
|3,806
|13.4%
|{{Composition bar|2|13|hex={{party color|People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 4
|{{decrease}} 3rd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1979 Vincentian general election|1979]]
|1,492
|4.5%
|{{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{party color|People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|{{decrease}} 4th
|{{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}}
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Saint Vincent and the Grenadines political parties}}

<nowiki>[[Category:Political parties in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1952]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1984]]
[[Category:1952 establishments in the British Empire]]</nowiki>