00:00On Thursday, general elections were held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with over 101,000 voters participating.
00:15The neo-democratic party, led by Godwin Pridate, claimed victory, while Ralph Gonsalves retained his seat.
00:21Our special envoy, Belén de los Santos, has more details.
00:25This Thursday, general elections were held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
00:29With a rise in registered voters that surpassed the 101,000 people, citizens from the main island and the 32 Grenadines turned out to exercise their right to vote starting at 7 a.m.
00:43It means voting for me and my children's future.
00:49Yeah.
00:50I feel confident in what I come to do.
00:54Yeah.
00:55Throughout the day, lines stretched outside many of the 200 polling stations.
01:00The election in each of the country's 15 constituencies would determine the 15 new parliamentarians, who in turn would choose the prime minister.
01:11With a citizenry convinced that every vote counts, St. Vincent and the Grenadines continues to maintain high levels of participation, despite the fact that voting is not mandatory.
01:23I think people are very interested and very invested in their future right now.
01:29We are kind of at a turning point where we could decide if we could ever see left or right.
01:34Although the vote count was still underway, after 9 p.m. local time, the official results indicated a victory for the center-right New Democratic Party, or NDP, led by Godwin Friday, having secured the majority needed in parliament to guarantee the election of the future prime minister.
01:53For his part, Dr. Rolf Gonsalves is set to retain his seat in parliament for the district of North Central Windward.
02:01Belen de los Santos, Jesús Romero, from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for Tell us our English.
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