2009 Antiguan general election

none gov March 2024 May 2019 parliamentary Antigua and Barbuda 12 March 2009 2004 2014 All 17 seats in the House of Representatives 9 80.27% ( 10.92pp) 130x130px 12th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members 13th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members Baldwin Spencer BaldwinSpencer (cropped).jpg United Progressive Party 9 3 21,239 50.95% 4.55pp Former Prime Minister Honourable Lester B. Bird (cropped).jpg Lester Bird ALP 7 3 19,657 47.16% 5.22pp Trevor Walker Trevor Walker in 2010.jpg BPM 1 474 1.14% 0.12pp 2009 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer UPP Baldwin Spencer 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%.http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2009/03/09/NEWS0000007015.html https://archive.today/20120721081215/http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2009/03/09/NEWS0000007015.html dead 2012-07-21 Chamber of Commerce questions Antigua's voters list 2009-03-09 Caribbean 360 2009-03-09 A three-member observation team from Belize, Canada, and Guyana observed the election.http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-14789--4-4--.html Three-member Commonwealth team in Antigua-Barbuda to observe elections Ramjeet Oscar 2009-03-09 Caribbean Net News 2009-03-09 July 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Results United Progressive Party 21239 9 –3 Antigua Labor Party 19657 7 +3 Barbuda People's Movement 474 1 0 Organisation for National Development 119 0 New #9BBB59 Independents 196 0 0 0 201 52183 PDBA, IFES 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.Antigua and Barbuda General Election Results - 12 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20210628052243/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/ag/elections/ag_results_2009.asp 28 June 2021 Caribbean Elections 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.33. Antigua & Barbuda (1981-present) University of Central Arksansas References Antigua Category:Elections in Antigua and Barbuda Category:2000s in Antigua and Barbuda Category:2009 in the Caribbean Category:March 2009 in North America