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1980 Antiguan general election

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Field	Value
type	parliamentary
country	Antigua and Barbuda
election_date	24 April 1980
previous_year	1976
next_year	1984
seats_for_election	All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	9
turnout	77.08% ( 17.89pp)
outgoing_members	6th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
elected_members	7th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
image1	Vere Bird (cropped).jpg
leader1	Vere Bird
party1	ALP
seats1	13
seat_change1	2
popular_vote1	12,794
percentage1	58.04%
swing1	9.03pp
image2	3x4.svg
leader2	Robert Hall
party2	Progressive Labour Movement
seats2	3
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	8,654
percentage2	39.26%
swing2	10.61pp
map_image	1980 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Premier
posttitle	Subsequent Premier
before_election	Vere Bird
before_party	ALP
after_election	Vere Bird
after_party	ALP

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 24 April 1980. 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%.

They were the last elections before Antigua and Barbuda's independence as a Commonwealth realm in 1981.

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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