The Progressive Labour Party was a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...

. It first contested national elections in 1982

Saint Lucian general election, 1982

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 3 May 1982. The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won fourteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 66.9%.-Results:...

, when it finished second behind the United Workers' Party with 27.1% of the vote, but only won a single seat. In the 6 April 1987 elections

Saint Lucian general election, 6 April 1987

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 6 April 1987. The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won nine of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 60.8%....

 its vote share fell to 9.3% and they lost their single seat. The party received 6.0% of the vote in the elections held later in the month

Saint Lucian general election, 30 April 1987

Early general elections were held in Saint Lucia on 30 April 1987, after elections earlier in the month had resulted in only a single-seat majority for the UWP. Despite increasing their share of the vote from 52.5% to 53.2%, the number of seats held by the UWP and the Saint Lucia Labour Party...

and remained seatless. They did not contest any further elections.