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2009 Antiguan general election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | parliamentary |
| country | Antigua and Barbuda |
| election_date | 12 March 2009 |
| previous_year | 2004 |
| next_year | 2014 |
| seats_for_election | All 17 seats in the House of Representatives |
| majority_seats | 9 |
| turnout | 80.27% ( 10.92pp) |
| image_size | 130x130px |
| outgoing_members | 12th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
| elected_members | 13th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
| leader1 | Baldwin Spencer |
| image1 | BaldwinSpencer (cropped).jpg |
| party1 | United Progressive Party (Antigua and Barbuda) |
| seats1 | 9 |
| seat_change1 | 3 |
| popular_vote1 | 21,239 |
| percentage1 | 50.95% |
| swing1 | 4.55pp |
| image2 | Former Prime Minister Honourable Lester B. Bird (cropped).jpg |
| leader2 | Lester Bird |
| party2 | ALP |
| seats2 | 7 |
| seat_change2 | 3 |
| popular_vote2 | 19,657 |
| percentage2 | 47.16% |
| swing2 | 5.22pp |
| leader3 | Trevor Walker |
| image3 | Trevor Walker in 2010.jpg |
| party3 | BPM |
| seats3 | 1 |
| seat_change3 | |
| popular_vote3 | 474 |
| percentage3 | 1.14% |
| swing3 | 0.12pp |
| map_image | 2009 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg |
| map_caption | Results by constituency |
| title | Prime Minister |
| posttitle | Subsequent Prime Minister |
| before_election | Baldwin Spencer |
| before_party | UPP |
| after_election | Baldwin Spencer |
| after_party | UPP |
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 12 March 2009. The result was a victory for the United Progressive Party, which won nine of the seventeen elected seats in the House of Representatives.
Conduct
Three days before the elections the Chamber of Commerce announced observations of voter registration irregularities and called for an investigation into the matter. For example, in the Saint Peter constituency, voter registration increased by 41%.
A three-member observation team from Belize, Canada, and Guyana observed the election.
Results
Aftermath
On 31 March 2010, a judge nullified the election of UPP's leader Spencer and two other UPP MPs, calling the UPP's majority into question. However, on 24 October the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court overturned the High Court's decision and decided that the three MPs were duly elected.
References
References
- (2009-03-09). "Chamber of Commerce questions Antigua's voters list". Caribbean 360.
- Ramjeet, Oscar. (2009-03-09). "Three-member Commonwealth team in Antigua-Barbuda to observe elections". Caribbean Net News.
- [http://www.caribbeanelections.com/ag/elections/ag_results_2009.asp Antigua and Barbuda General Election Results - 12 March 2009] Caribbean Elections
- [https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/western-hemisphere-region/24-antigua-barbuda-1981-present/ 33. Antigua & Barbuda (1981-present)] University of Central Arksansas
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