Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | Antigua and Barbuda |
Election Date: | 24 April 1980 |
Previous Year: | 1976 |
Next Year: | 1984 |
Seats For Election: | All 17 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 9 |
Turnout: | 77.08% (17.89pp) |
Outgoing Members: | 6th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
Elected Members: | 7th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
Image1: | Vere Bird (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Vere Bird |
Party1: | ALP |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 12,794 |
Percentage1: | 58.04% |
Swing1: | 9.03pp |
Leader2: | Robert Hall |
Party2: | Progressive Labour Movement |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 8,654 |
Percentage2: | 39.26% |
Swing2: | 10.61pp |
Premier | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Premier |
Before Election: | Vere Bird |
Before Party: | ALP |
After Election: | Vere Bird |
After Party: | ALP |
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 24 April 1980.[1] They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party. ALP leader Vere Bird was re-elected as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Voter turnout was 77.1%.[1]
They were the last elections before Antigua and Barbuda's independence as a Commonwealth realm in 1981.