1994 Antiguan general election explained

Type:parliamentary
Country:Antigua and Barbuda
Election Date:8 March 1994
Previous Year:1989
Next Year:1999
Seats For Election:All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
Majority Seats:9
Turnout:62.32% (1.60pp)
Outgoing Members:9th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
Elected Members:10th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
Image1:Former Prime Minister Honourable Lester B. Bird (cropped).jpg
Leader1:Lester Bird
Party1:ALP
Seats1:11
Seat Change1: 4
Popular Vote1:14,763
Percentage1:54.44%
Swing1: 9.41pp
Leader2:Baldwin Spencer
Party2:United Progressive Party (Antigua and Barbuda)
Seats2:5
Seat Change2: 5
Popular Vote2:11,852
Percentage2:43.71%
Swing2: 43.71pp
Leader3:Hilbourne Frank
Image3:3x4.svg
Party3:BPM
Seats3:1
Popular Vote3:367
Percentage3:1.35%
Swing3: 0.02pp
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Subsequent Prime Minister
Before Election:Vere Bird
Before Party:ALP
After Election:Lester Bird
After Party:ALP

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 8 March 1994.[1] They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party under the leadership of Lester Bird. Bird had been appointed leader of the ALP before the elections, after his father and predecessor Vere Bird announced his intention to retire. Lester Bird became Prime Minister after elections. Voter turnout was 62.3%.[1] This was the first election contested by the United Progressive Party, under future Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer.

The elections were described as neither free nor fair, as they were marred by several problems, including failing to guarantee a secret ballot, a deficient registration process open to abuse, and the inflation of the voter registry by 25% with the names of deceased people or emigrants.[2]

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen, p62