Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | Antigua and Barbuda |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 17 April 1984 |
Previous Year: | 1980 |
Next Year: | 1989 |
Seats For Election: | All 17 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 9 |
Turnout: | 61.12% (15.96pp) |
Outgoing Members: | 7th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
Elected Members: | 8th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
Image1: | Vere Bird (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Vere Bird |
Party1: | ALP |
Seats1: | 16 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 12,972 |
Percentage1: | 67.90% |
Swing1: | 9.86pp |
Leader2: | – |
Party2: | Independents |
Seats2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,375 |
Percentage2: | 7.20% |
Swing2: | 5.68pp |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Prime Minister |
Before Election: | Vere Bird |
Before Party: | ALP |
After Election: | Vere Bird |
After Party: | ALP |
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 17 April 1984,[1] the first after the country had become an independent Commonwealth realm in 1981.
The result was a victory for the governing Antigua Labour Party (ALP), whose leader Vere Bird was reelected as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. In contrast, the opposition vote was split between George Walter's new political vehicle, the United People's Movement, and the Progressive Labour Movement, Walter's former party from his pre-independence term as Premier.[2] The only non-ALP seat was won by a pro-ALP independent from Barbuda.[2] Voter turnout was 61.1%.[1]