1980 Antiguan general election

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1980 Antiguan general election
File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg
← 1976 24 April 1980 1984 →

All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.08% (Decrease 17.89pp)
  First party Second party
  File:Vere Bird (cropped).jpg File:3x4.svg
Leader Vere Bird Robert Hall
Party ALP PLM
Seats won 13 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 12,794 8,654
Percentage 58.04% 39.26%
Swing Increase 9.03pp Decrease 10.61pp

File:1980 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg
Results by constituency

Premier before election

Vere Bird
ALP

Subsequent Premier

Vere Bird
ALP

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 24 April 1980.[1] They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party. ALP leader Vere Bird was re-elected as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Voter turnout was 77.1%.[1] They were the last elections before Antigua and Barbuda's independence as a Commonwealth realm in 1981.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Antigua Labour Party12,79458.0413+2
Progressive Labour Movement8,65439.263–2
Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement2591.180New
Independents3351.5210
Total22,042100.00170
Valid votes22,04298.93
Invalid/blank votes2381.07
Total votes22,280100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,90677.08
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p66 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6