 St. Lucia on Tuesday 12 October 2021 celebrated 70 years of universal adult suffrage. Adult suffrage resulted in all adult citizens being allowed to exercise their franchise regardless of wealth, gender, social status, ethnicity, political stance, or any other restrictions subject only to relatively minor exceptions. The 1951 general election, which took place on Friday, October 12, was held under this new constitution. Olympia Lionel is the Assistant Chief Elections Officer in the Electoral Department. Universal adult suffrage was significant because it is published that every citizen sorry of St. Lucia, 21 years of age and latter reduced to 18 years of age or older has the right to vote in all national elections. That is to say, persons were able to exercise their franchise only at the age of 21. Again, the qualifications for registration at the time, persons you were able to read and write, and you needed to have an income of $40 per year. And majority of those persons would be English-speaking or they speak FATO as well. During that period, registration, you had 80 electoral districts. In the places of Castery Town, Castery's North, Castery's South, Rousseau and Flarell, Tootway through the Assaultibles, Bufort and Denry Miku. Some 22 candidates contested the legislative council elections, with two main parties being the St. Lucia Labour Party and the People Progressive Party alongside independent Labour candidate and independent candidates. The St. Lucia Labour Party amassed a total of 6,799 votes, the People Progressive Party 3,645 votes and the independent 5,275 votes amounting to some 15,719 votes. Also, we began with 80 electoral districts in 1951. The numbers of the districts was increased to 10 and 17 districts in 1961 and in 1979 with 60 votes. After the general election of 2011, we were talked about making the division smaller because of the Rousseau district, Castery Town. Two-day electoral department voters, this has grown to a total of 170,270 electors. A lot of things have changed. As an elector, your qualification for registration once you reach the age of 18 and you can come with your own certificate and a letter from NIC, you will be qualified for a distribution to be registered at the Electoral Department. Assistant Chief Elections Officer in the Electoral Department, Alicia Lionel.