1980 Antiguan general election

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.

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Antigua Labour Party	12,794	58.04	13	+2
	Progressive Labour Movement	8,654	39.26	3	–2
	Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement	259	1.18	0	New
	Independents	335	1.52	1	0
Total		22,042	100.00	17	0

Valid votes		22,042	98.93
Invalid/blank votes		238	1.07
Total votes		22,280	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,906	77.08
Source: Nohlen

^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p66 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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