1999 Antiguan general election

none gov March 2024 June 2014 April 2026 parliamentary Antigua and Barbuda 9 March 1999 1994 2004 All 17 seats in the House of Representatives 9 63.61% ( 1.29pp) 130x130px 10th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members 11th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members Former Prime Minister Honourable Lester B. Bird (cropped).jpg Lester Bird ALP 12 1 17,521 52.94% 1.50pp Baldwin Spencer Baldwin Spencer (cropped).jpg United Progressive Party 4 1 14,713 44.45% 0.74pp Hilbourne Frank 3x4.svg BPM 1 418 1.26% 0.09pp 1999 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Lester Bird ALP Lester Bird ALP General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 9 March 1999.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p66 978-0-19-928357-6 The elections were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party. Lester Bird was re-elected Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Voter turnout was 63.6%. The elections were extremely close, with the UPP losing five seats by a narrow 554 votes in total, and had the elections been free and fair (the government controlled almost all newspapers as well as television and radio stations), the opposition could have won a majority.Nohlen, p63 Opposition leader Baldwin Spencer criticised the conduct and fairness of the elections and began a hunger strike in protest to the flaws in the system. The government responded by establishing the independent Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission in 2001. Results File:Antiguan Parliament 1999.svg Antigua Labour Party 17521 12 +1 United Progressive Party 14713 4 −1 Barbuda People's Movement 418 1 0 Antigua Freedom Party 57 0 New #787878 National Reform Movement 33 0 New #F89747 Independents 355 0 0 0 223 52385 Nohlen References External links Election report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies Category:Elections in Antigua and Barbuda Antigua Category:1990s in Antigua and Barbuda Category:1999 in the Caribbean Category:March 1999 in North America