Caribbean Elections | Antigua and Barbuda Elections 2009

The Writs of Election fixed 18 February 1976 as Polling Day. There were a total of 26,197 electors on the Register of Elections.

A total of 35 candidates were nominated to contest the General Elections in the 17 constituencies: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 17; Progressive labour Movement (PLM) – 17; Independents – 1.

At the end of the count, the results were as follows: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 11; Progressive Labour Movement (PLM) – 5; Independent – 1.

Party	Candidates	Votes	Votes %	Seats Won
Antigua Labour Party (ALP)	17	12,056	48.46%	11
Progressive Labour Movement (PLM)	17	12,268	49.31%	5
Independent (IND)	1	275	1.11%	1
Rejected + Null Votes	-	280	1.13%	-
Total	35	24,879	100%	17

Constituency	ALP	PLM	IND	Rejected Votes	Total Votes Cast	Electorate	Voter Turnout
St. John's City West	604	1,269	-	49	1,922	2,102	91.44%
St. John's City East	457	375	-	3	835	870	95.98%
St. John's City South	630	606	-	2	1,238	1,306	94.79%
St. John's Rural West	1,383	1,297	-	34	2,714	2,885	94.07%
St. John's Rural South	948	929	-	14	1,891	2,010	94.08%
St. John's Rural East	1,001	708	-	14	1,723	1,822	94.57%
St. John's Rural North	583	346	-	0	929	1,017	91.35%
St. Mary's North	692	777	-	2	1,471	1,526	96.40%
St. Mary's South	435	888	-	11	1,334	1,372	97.23%
St. Lukes	548	818	-	38	1,404	1,450	96.83%
All Saints	890	1,352	-	20	2,262	2,404	94.09%
St. George	973	912	-	18	1,903	1,964	96.89%
St. Peter	645	457	-	46	1,148	1,194	96.15%
St. Phillip North	756	375	-	8	1,139	1,185	96.12%
St. Phillip South	501	499	-	0	1,000	1,035	96.62%
St. Paul	912	572	-	19	1,503	1,570	95.73%
Barbuda	98	88	275	2	463	485	95.46%
TOTAL	12,056	12,268	275	280	24,879	26,197	94.97%

Constituency	Candidate	Party
All Saints	George Walter	Progressive Labour Movement
Barbuda	Claude-Earl Francis	Independent
St. George	Adolphus Freeland	Antigua Labour Party
St. John's City East	John St.Luce	Antigua Labour Party
St. John's City South	Christopher O'Mard	Antigua Labour Party
St. John's City West	Donald Halstead	Progressive Labour Movement
St. John's Rural East	Lester Bird	Antigua Labour Party
St. John's Rural North	Vere Bird Sr.*	Antigua Labour Party
St. John's Rural South	Vere Bird Jr.	Antigua Labour Party
St. John's Rural West	Donald Christian	Antigua Labour Party
St. Luke	Charlesworth T. Samuel	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	Robin Yearwood	Antigua Labour Party
St. Phillip South	Reuben Henry Harris	Antigua Labour Party

* Primier

Estimated Population	71,000
Number of Registered Electors	26,197
Voters	24,879
Blank or Invalid Ballot Papers	280
Valid Votes	24,599
% Turnout	95.0%