1989 Antiguan general election

none gov March 2024 May 2019 parliamentary Antigua and Barbuda 9 March 1989 1984 1994 All 17 seats in the House of Representatives 9 60.72% ( 0.40pp) 130x130px 8th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members 9th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members Vere Bird (cropped).jpg Vere Bird ALP 15 1 14,207 63.85% 4.05pp Baldwin Spencer Baldwin Spencer (cropped).jpg UNDP 3C5D93 1 1 6,889 30.96% 30.96pp Hilbourne Frank 3x4.svg BPM 1 1 304 1.37% 1.37pp 1989 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Vere Bird ALP Vere Bird ALP General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 9 March 1989,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p66 978-0-19-928357-6 the second after it had become an independent Commonwealth realm. The elections were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party (ALP), whose leader Vere Bird was reelected as prime minister. Voter turnout was 60.7%. This was Bird's eighth and final election victory. He resigned as prime minister in 1994, just before the subsequent general elections. Bird was replaced by his son, Lester Bird, the long-time party chairman. Results Antigua Labour Party 14207 15 –1 United National Democratic Party 6889 1 New #3C5D93 Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement 435 0 New #918753 Barbuda People's Movement 304 1 New Barbuda Democratic Movement 150 0 New #637B32 Barbuda Independence Movement 71 0 New #3C4A1E Independents 193 0 –1 0 141 36876 Nohlen References Antigua Category:Elections in Antigua and Barbuda Category:1980s in Antigua and Barbuda Category:1989 in the Caribbean Category:March 1989 in North America