1960 Antiguan general election

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1960 Antiguan general election
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg
  1956 29 November 1960 1965  

All 10 seats in the Legislative Council
6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.98% (Decrease2.svg 19.04pp)
 First party
  Vere Bird (cropped).jpg
Leader Vere Bird
Party ALP
Seats won10
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2
Popular vote2,128
Percentage85.02%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.67pp

1960 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg
Results by constituency

Chief Minister before election

Vere Bird
ALP

Subsequent Chief Minister

Vere Bird
ALP

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 29 November 1960. [1] They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party (ALP), whose leader Vere Bird was re-elected as Chief Minister, a position he had held since 1 January 1960 when the position was created. [2]

The 1960 elections were the only general elections held in the territory during its membership of the West Indies Federation, a brief attempt to create a federal state in the British West Indies. Voter turnout was 38%.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Antigua Labour Party 2,12885.0210+2
Barbuda Democratic Movement 1516.030New
Antigua Democratic Labour Party 662.640New
Independents 1586.310New
Total2,503100.0010+2
Valid votes2,50397.81
Invalid/blank votes562.19
Total votes2,559100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,73837.98
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p66 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Antigua and Barbuda General Election Results - 29 November 1960 Caribbean Elections