The political ground has shifted beneath St. Vincent and the Grenadines with a force not felt in a quarter-century. In a seismic electoral upset, the New Democratic Party (NDP) has ended 25 years of uninterrupted ULP dominance, propelling its long-time leader Dr. Godwin Friday into office as the nation’s seventh prime minister since independence.
What unfolded at the polls was not just an election — it was a reckoning, a generational pivot, and a decisive break from one of the Caribbean’s longest political eras. The Ralph Gonsalves-led Unity Labour Party (ULP), which had governed since 2001, has finally been unseated, closing the chapter on one of the region’s most enduring political dynasties.
