1989 Antiguan general election explained

Type:parliamentary
Country:Antigua and Barbuda
Election Date:9 March 1989
Previous Year:1984
Next Year:1994
Seats For Election:All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
Majority Seats:9
Turnout:60.72% (0.40pp)
Outgoing Members:8th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
Elected Members:9th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
Image1:Vere Bird (cropped).jpg
Leader1:Vere Bird
Party1:ALP
Seats1:15
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:14,207
Percentage1:63.85%
Swing1: 4.05pp
Leader2:Baldwin Spencer
Party2:UNDP
Colour2:3C5D93
Seats2:1
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:6,889
Percentage2:30.96%
Swing2: 30.96pp
Leader3:Hilbourne Frank
Image3:3x4.svg
Party3:BPM
Seats3:1
Seat Change3: 1
Popular Vote3:304
Percentage3:1.37%
Swing3: 1.37pp
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 9 March 1989,[1] the second after it had become an independent Commonwealth realm. The elections were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party (ALP), whose leader Vere Bird was reelected as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 60.7%.[1]

This was Bird's eighth and final election victory. He resigned as Prime Minister in 1994, just before the subsequent general elections. Bird was replaced by his son, Lester Bird, the long-time party chairman.

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]