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 April 1980. The Writs of Election fixed 14 April 1980 as Nomination Day and 24 April 1980 as Polling Day. There were a total of 28,906 electors on the Register of Elections.

A total of 45 candidates were nominated to contest the General Elections in the 17 constituencies: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 17; Progressive Labour Movement (PLM) – 16; Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement (ACLM) – 9; Independents – 3.

At the end of the count, the results were as follows: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 13; Progressive Labour Movement (PLM) – 3; Independent – 1.

Party	Candidates	Votes	Votes %	Seats Won
Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement (ACLM)	9	259	1.16%	0
Antigua Labour Party (ALP)	17	12,794	57.42%	13
Progressive Labour Movement (PLM)	16	8,654	38.84%	3
Independent (IND)	3	335	1.50%	1
Rejected + Null Votes	-	238	1.07%	-
Total	45	22,280	100%	17

Constituency	ACLM	ALP	PLM	IND	Rejected Votes	Total Votes Cast	Electorate	Voter Turnout
St. John's City West	45	651	901	-	20	1,617	2,270	71.23%
St. John's City East	23	558	273	-	3	857	1,051	81.54%
St. John's City South	-	597	451	-	8	1,056	1,388	76.08%
St. John's Rural West	69	1,250	897	-	90	2,306	3,137	73.51%
St. John's Rural South	25	889	585	-	15	1,514	2,058	73.57%
St. John's Rural East	24	956	414	-	8	1,402	1,959	71.57%
St. John's Rural North	-	664	197	-	3	864	1,136	76.06%
St. Mary's North	23	846	976	-	14	1,859	2,410	77.14%
St. Mary's South	33	874	545	-	5	1,457	1,842	79.10%
St. Lukes	-	432	722	-	10	1,164	1,542	75.49%
All Saints	-	896	887	23	5	1,811	2,267	79.89%
St. George	-	1,102	655	-	14	1,771	2,207	80.24%
St. Peter	6	636	149	-	3	794	955	83.14%
St. Phillip North	11	785	293	10	16	1,115	1,341	83.15%
St. Phillip South	-	606	389	-	4	999	1,175	85.02%
St. Paul	-	909	320	-	15	1,244	1,646	75.58%
Barbuda	-	143	-	302	5	450	522	86.21%
TOTAL	259	12,794	8,654	335	238	22,280	28,906	77.08%

Constituency	Candidate	Party
All Saints	Hilroy Humphreys	Antigua Labour Party
Barbuda	Eric Burton	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	George Pigott	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	Hugh Charlesworth Marshall	Antigua Labour Party
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 until 1981; Prime Minister after Independence in 1981.

Estimated Population	75,000
Number of Registered Electors	28,906
Voters	22,280
Blank or Invalid Ballot Papers	238
Valid Votes	22,042
% Turnout	77.1%