Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | Antigua and Barbuda |
Election Date: | 18 February 1976 |
Previous Year: | 1971 |
Next Year: | 1980 |
Seats For Election: | All 17 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 9 |
Turnout: | 94.97% (35.05pp) |
Outgoing Members: | 5th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
Elected Members: | 6th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
Image1: | Vere Bird (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Vere Bird |
Party1: | ALP |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 12,056 |
Percentage1: | 49.01% |
Swing1: | 11.11pp |
Leader2: | George Walter |
Party2: | Progressive Labour Movement |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 8 |
Popular Vote2: | 12,268 |
Percentage2: | 49.87% |
Swing2: | 7.85pp |
Premier | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Premier |
Before Election: | George Walter |
Before Party: | PLM |
After Election: | Vere Bird |
After Party: | ALP |
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 18 February 1976.[1] Whilst the Progressive Labour Movement received the most votes, the opposition Antigua Labour Party won more than double the number of seats. ALP leader Vere Bird was elected Premier of Antigua. Bird had previously served as head of government of Antigua and Barbuda between 1960 and 1971. He defeated the incumbent Premier George Walter of the Progressive Labour Movement.
The elections marked the second change of government in the history of Antigua and Barbuda. Voter turnout was 95%.[1]