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 29 March 1984. The Writs of Election fixed 5 April 1984 as Nomination Day and 17 April 1984 as Polling Day. There were a total of 31,453 electors on the Register of Elections.

A total of 38 candidates were nominated to contest the General Elections in the 17 constituencies: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 16; Progressive Labour Movement (PLM) – 4; United Peoples Movement (UPM) – 15; Independents – 3.

At the end of the count, the results were as follows: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 16; Independent – 1.

Party	Candidates	Votes	Votes %	Seats Won
Antigua Labour Party (ALP)	16	12,972	67.48%	16
Progressive Labour Movement (PLM)	4	356	1.85%	0
United People's Movement (UPM)	15	4,401	22.89%	0
Independent (IND)	3	1,375	7.15%	1
Rejected + Null Votes	-	119	0.62%	-
Total	38	19,223	100%	17

Constituency	ALP	PLM	UPM	IND	Rejected Votes	Total Votes Cast	Electorate	Voter Turnout
St. John's City West	701	62	599	-	2	1,364	2,430	56.13%
St. John's City East	740	-	71	-	7	818	1,222	66.94%
St. John's City South	583	31	243	-	-	857	1,605	53.40%
St. John's Rural West	1,071	-	770	-	13	1,854	3,278	56.56%
St. John's Rural South	912	-	358	-	4	1,274	2,247	56.70%
St. John's Rural East	944	-	183	-	4	1,131	2,097	53.93%
St. John's Rural North	619	-	62	-	4	685	1,235	55.47%
St. Mary's North	908	226	414	-	5	1,553	2,694	57.65%
St. Mary's South	850	-	338	-	7	1,195	1,948	61.34%
All Saints East & St. Luke	767	-	-	717	14	1,498	2,398	62.47%
All Saints West	900	-	411	-	12	1,323	1,780	74.33%
St. George	1,122	-	337	-	13	1,472	2,337	62.99%
St. Peter	600	-	56	-	6	662	1,018	65.03%
St. Phillip North	824	-	210	-	6	1,040	1,487	69.94%
St. Phillip South	579	-	303	-	7	889	1,265	70.28%
St. Paul	852	37	46	165	11	1,111	1,783	62.31%
Barbuda	-	-	-	493	4	497	629	79.01%
TOTAL	12,972	356	4,401	1,375	119	19,223	31,453	61.12%

Constituency	Candidate	Party
All Saints East & St. Luke	Eustace Cochrane	Antigua Labour Party
All Saints West	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	Henderson Simon	Antigua Labour Party
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. Mary's North	Molwyn Joseph	Antigua Labour Party
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

* Prime Minister

Estimated Population	79,000
Number of Registered Electors	31,453
Voters	19,223
Blank or Invalid Ballot Papers	119
Valid Votes	19,104
% Turnout	61.1%