Caribbean Elections | Antigua and Barbuda Elections 2009

In accordance with the advice of the Honourable Prime Minister and Section 61 of the Constitution, His Excellency the Governor General dissolved Parliament on 20 February 1989. The Writs of Election fixed 27 February 1989 as the day for Nomination of Candidates and Thursday 9 March 1989 as Polling Day. There were a total of 36,876 electors on the Register of Elections.

A total of 50 candidates were nominated to contest the General Elections in the 17 constituencies: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 16; United National Democratic Party (UNDP) – 16; Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement (ACLM) – 12; Barbuda People's Movement (BPM) – 1; Barbuda Independence Movement (BIM) – 1; Barbuda Democratic Movement (BDM) – 1; Independents – 3.

At the end of the count, the results were as follows: Antigua Labour Party (ALP) – 15; United National Democratic Party (UNDP) – 1; Barbuda People's Movement (BPM) – 1.

Party	Candidates	Votes	Votes %	Seats Won
Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement (ACLM)	12	435	1.94%	0
Antigua Labour Party (ALP)	16	14,207	63.45%	15
United National Democratic Party (UNDP)	16	6,889	30.77%	1
Independent (IND)	3	193	0.86%	0
Barbuda People's Movement (BPM)	1	304	1.36%	1
Barbuda Independence Movement (BIM)	1	71	0.32%	0
Barbuda Democratic Movement (BDM)	1	150	0.67%	0
Rejected + Null Votes	-	141	0.63%	-
Total	50	22,390	100%	17

Constituency	ACLM	ALP	UNDP	IND	BPM	BIM	BDM	Rejected Votes	Total Votes Cast	Electorate	Voter Turnout
St. John's City West	67	874	611	-	-	-	-	9	1,561	2,828	55.20%
St. John's City East	29	992	91	-	-	-	-	10	1,122	1,625	69.05%
St. John's City South	58	508	344	-	-	-	-	6	916	1,706	53.69%
St. John's Rural West	-	955	1,078	-	-	-	-	19	2,052	3,714	55.25%
St. John's Rural South	29	1,242	388	-	-	-	-	16	1,675	2,981	56.19%
St. John's Rural East	44	1,180	314	-	-	-	-	10	1,548	2,656	58.28%
St. John's Rural North	-	738	328	-	-	-	-	8	1,074	1,582	67.89%
St. Mary's North	20	1,059	689	43	-	-	-	14	1,825	3,020	60.43%
St. Mary's South	43	717	382	137	-	-	-	6	1,285	2,108	60.96%
All Saints East & St. Luke	30	866	764	-	-	-	-	8	1,668	2,855	58.42%
All Saints West	31	984	463	-	-	-	-	7	1,485	2,153	68.97%
St. George	40	1,087	625	-	-	-	-	3	1,755	2,720	64.52%
St. Peter	27	545	36	-	-	-	-	5	613	1,077	56.92%
St. Phillip North	17	869	173	13	-	-	-	8	1,080	1,678	64.36%
St. Phillip South	-	614	360	-	-	-	-	4	978	1,400	69.86%
St. Paul	-	977	243	-	-	-	-	5	1,225	2,042	59.99%
Barbuda	-	-	-	-	304	71	150	3	528	731	72.23%
TOTAL	435	14,207	6,889	193	304	71	150	141	22,390	36,876	60.72%

Constituency	Candidate	Party
All Saints East & St. Luke	Eustace Cochrane	Antigua Labour Party
All Saints West	Hilroy Humphreys	Antigua Labour Party
Barbuda	Thomas Hilbourne Frank	Barbuda People's Movement
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	Baldwin Spencer	United National Democratic Party
St. Mary's North	Molwyn Joseph	Antigua Labour Party
St. Mary's South	Hugh Charlesworth Marshall	Antigua Labour Party
St. Paul	Rodney 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	63,000
Number of Registered Electors	36,876
Voters	22,390
Blank or Invalid Ballot Papers	141
Valid Votes	22,249
% Turnout	60.7%