Caribbean Elections | Antigua and Barbuda Elections 2009

In accordance with the advice of the Honourable Prime Minister, His Excellency the Governor General dissolved Parliament on 5 December 1970. The Writs of Election fixed 11 February 1971 as Polling Day. There were a total of 30,952 electors on the Register of Elections.

A total of 51 candidates were nominated to contest the General Elections in the 17 constituencies: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 17; Antigua People's Party (APP) – 14; Progressive labour Movement (PLM) – 127; Independents – 3.

At the end of the count, the results were as follows: Progressive Labour Movement (PLM) – 12; Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 4; Independent – 1.

Party	Candidates	Votes	Votes %	Seats Won
Antigua Labour Party (ALP)	17	6,409	37.03%	4
Antigua People's Party (APP)	14	595	3.44%	0
Progressive Labour Movement (PLM)	17	9,761	56.39%	12
Independent (IND)	3	147	0.85%	1
Rejected + Null Votes	-	397	2.29%	-
Total	51	17,309	100%	17

Constituency	ALP	APP	PLM	IND	Rejected Votes	Total Votes Cast	Electorate	Voter Turnout
St. John's City West	362	38	1,113	-	17	1,530	3,814	40.12%
St. John's City East	231	81	290	-	3	605	811	74.60%
St. John's City South	376	130	684	-	2	1,192	2,816	42.33%
St. John's Rural West	787	29	1,039	-	50	1,905	3,720	51.21%
St. John's Rural South	445	27	849	-	12	1,333	2,526	52.77%
St. John's Rural East	346	63	526	-	33	968	1,579	61.30%
St. John's Rural North	277	54	218	-	20	569	797	71.39%
St. Mary's North	369		547	-	14	930	1,743	53.36%
St. Mary's South	329		531	-	20	880	1,453	60.56%
St. Lukes	311	26	572	-	28	937	1,591	58.89%
All Saints	421	34	1,039	23	24	1,541	2,228	69.17%
St. George	520		752	-	34	1,306	1,906	68.52%
St. Peter	405	29	335	13	23	805	1,311	61.40%
St. Phillip North	380	22	340	-	16	758	1,184	64.02%
St. Phillip South	324	7	397	-	20	748	1,094	68.37%
St. Paul	455	26	318	-	79	878	1,750	50.17%
Barbuda	71	29	211	111	2	424	629	67.41%
TOTAL	6,409	595	9,761	147	397	17,309	30,952	55.92%

Constituency	Candidate	Party
All Saints	George Walter*	Progressive Labour Movement
Barbuda	Claude-Earl Francis	Independent
St. George	Sydney Prince	Progressive Labour Movement
St. John's City East	Basil Peters	Progressive Labour Movement
St. John's City South	Sydney Christian	Progressive Labour Movement
St. John's City West	Donald Halstead	Progressive Labour Movement
St. John's Rural East	Gerald Watt	Progressive Labour Movement
St. John's Rural North	Denfield Hurst	Antigua Labour Party
St. John's Rural South	Geoffrey Scotland	Progressive Labour Movement
St. John's Rural West	Selvyn Walter	Progressive Labour Movement
St. Luke	Wilbert Sterling	Progressive Labour Movement
St. Mary's North	Robert Hall	Progressive Labour Movement
St. Mary's South	Victor McKay	Progressive Labour Movement
St. Paul	Ernest Williams	Antigua Labour Party
St. Peter	Joseph Myers	Antigua Labour Party
St. Phillip North	Donald Sheppard	Antigua Labour Party
St. Phillip South	Cyril James	Progressive Labour Movement

* Primier

Estimated Population	70,000
Number of Registered Electors	30,682
Voters	17,309
Blank or Invalid Ballot Papers	387
Valid Votes	16,922
% Turnout	56.4%