Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | Antigua and Barbuda |
Election Date: | 29 November 1960 |
Previous Year: | 1956 |
Next Year: | 1965 |
Seats For Election: | All 10 seats in the Legislative Council |
Majority Seats: | 6 |
Turnout: | 37.98% (19.04pp) |
Outgoing Members: | 2nd legislature of Antigua and Barbuda |
Elected Members: | 3rd legislature of Antigua and Barbuda |
Image1: | Vere Bird (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Vere Bird |
Party1: | ALP |
Seats1: | 10 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 2,128 |
Percentage1: | 85.02% |
Swing1: | 1.67pp |
Chief Minister | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Chief Minister |
Before Election: | Vere Bird |
Before Party: | ALP |
After Election: | Vere Bird |
After Party: | ALP |
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 29 November 1960.[1] They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party (ALP), whose leader Vere Bird was re-elected as Chief Minister, a position he had held since 1 January 1960 when the position was created.[2]
The 1960 elections were the only general elections held in the territory during its membership of the West Indies Federation, a brief attempt to create a federal state in the British West Indies. Voter turnout was 38%.