1951 Antiguan general election
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 20 December 1951.[1] The election was the first in Antigua and Barbuda to be held under universal suffrage.[2] Vere Bird formed the Antigua Labour Party in 1951 and led the party to victory, winning all 8 seats on the legislative council.[3] Voter turnout was 70.3%.[1]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua Labour Party | 4,182 | 87.4 | 8 |
| Independents | 603 | 12.6 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 58 | - | - |
| Total | 4,843 | 100 | 8 |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
gollark: I personally find having an integrated device more convenient. But a keyboard would be nice.
gollark: I mostly just go around running LineageOS on generic cheap Android devices, but this has significant problems regarding security updates.
gollark: Software just gets progressively more inefficient and RAM/CPU-wasting.
gollark: And marginally better than my spare phone from 2016ish, even.
gollark: It's only low-specced by somewhat recent standards, it's a ridiculous amount of computing power if actually used by sane software.
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p66 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- The Europa World Year Book 2004. Taylor and Francis. 2004. p. 513. ISBN 1-85743-254-1.
- Gunson, Phil; Chamberlain, Greg; Thompson, Andrew (1991). The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean. Routledge. p. 40. ISBN 0-415-02445-5.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.