CAS­TRIES, St. Lu­cia, Nov 9, CMC – St. Lu­cians will go to the polls on De­cem­ber 1 to elect a new gov­ern­ment, 11 months be­fore the gen­er­al elec­tion is con­sti­tu­tion­al­ly due in No­vem­ber 2026.

Prime Min­is­ter Phillip J Pierre, in a ra­dio and tele­vi­sion broad­cast, said that he had al­ready ad­vised the Gov­er­nor Gen­er­al, Er­rol Charles, to dis­solve the Par­lia­ment on Mon­day and that Nom­i­na­tion Day will be No­vem­ber 21.

Pierre said that the last elec­tion was on Ju­ly 26, 2021 and the par­lia­ment met in Au­gust of that year. He said un­der the St. Lu­cia Con­sti­tu­tion, the elec­tion is con­sti­tu­tion­al­ly due “for the lat­est three months af­ter the first sit­ting of Par­lia­ment, which was held on 12th Au­gust 2021.