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1976 Antiguan general election

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Field	Value
type	parliamentary
country	Antigua and Barbuda
election_date	18 February 1976
previous_year	1971
next_year	1980
seats_for_election	All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	9
turnout	94.97% ( 35.05pp)
outgoing_members	5th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
elected_members	6th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
image1	Vere Bird (cropped).jpg
leader1	Vere Bird
party1	ALP
seats1	11
seat_change1	7
popular_vote1	12,056
percentage1	49.01%
swing1	11.11pp
image2	George_Walter,_Premier_of_Antigua.jpg
leader2	George Walter
party2	Progressive Labour Movement
seats2	5
seat_change2	8
popular_vote2	12,268
percentage2	49.87%
swing2	7.85pp
map_image	1976 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Premier
posttitle	Subsequent Premier
before_election	George Walter
before_party	PLM
after_election	Vere Bird
after_party	ALP

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 18 February 1976. Whilst the Progressive Labour Movement received the most votes, the opposition Antigua Labour Party won more than double the number of seats. ALP leader Vere Bird was elected Premier of Antigua. Bird had previously served as head of government of Antigua and Barbuda between 1960 and 1971. He defeated the incumbent Premier George Walter of the Progressive Labour Movement.

The elections marked the second change of government in the history of Antigua and Barbuda. Voter turnout was 95%.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p66 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6

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