1980 Antiguan general election

1980 Antiguan general election

24 April 1980

All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.08% ( 17.89pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Vere Bird Robert Hall
Party ALP PLM
Seats won 13 3
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 12,794 8,654
Percentage 58.04% 39.26%
Swing 9.03pp 10.61pp

Results by constituency

Premier before election

Vere Bird
ALP

Subsequent Premier

Vere Bird
ALP

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 24 April 1980. They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party. ALP leader Vere Bird was re-elected as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Voter turnout was 77.1%.

They were the last elections before Antigua and Barbuda's independence as a Commonwealth realm in 1981.