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{{Infobox election |
{{Infobox election |
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| type = parliamentary |
| type = parliamentary |
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| country = Antigua and Barbuda |
| country = Antigua and Barbuda |
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| election_date = 11 February 1971 |
| election_date = 11 February 1971 |
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| previous_year = [[1965 Antiguan general election|1965]] |
| previous_year = [[1965 Antiguan general election|1965]] |
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| majority_seats = 9 |
| majority_seats = 9 |
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| turnout = 55.92% |
| turnout = 55.92% |
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| outgoing_members = 4th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
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| elected_members = 5th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members |
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| image1 = George_Walter,_Premier_of_Antigua.jpg |
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| leader1 = [[George Walter]] |
| leader1 = [[George Walter]] |
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| party1 = Progressive Labour Movement |
| party1 = Progressive Labour Movement |
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| seats1 = 13 |
| seats1 = 13 |
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| seat_change1 = |
| seat_change1 = ''New'' |
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| popular_vote1 = 9,761 |
| popular_vote1 = 9,761 |
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| percentage1 = 57.72% |
| percentage1 = 57.72% |
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| swing1 = |
| swing1 = ''New'' |
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| image2 = Vere Bird (cropped).jpg |
| image2 = Vere Bird (cropped).jpg |
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| leader2 = [[Vere Bird]] |
| leader2 = [[Vere Bird]] |
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| party2 = Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party |
| party2 = [[Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party|ALP]] |
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| seats2 = 4 |
| seats2 = 4 |
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| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 6 |
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 6 |
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| percentage2 = 37.90% |
| percentage2 = 37.90% |
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| swing2 = {{decrease}} 47.12pp |
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 47.12pp |
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| map_image = 1971 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg |
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| map_caption = Results by constituency |
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| title = [[Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda|Premier]] |
| title = [[Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda|Premier]] |
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| posttitle = Subsequent Premier |
| posttitle = Subsequent Premier |
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| before_election = [[Vere Bird]] |
| before_election = [[Vere Bird]] |
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| before_party = [[Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party| |
| before_party = [[Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party|ALP]] |
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| after_election = [[George Walter]] |
| after_election = [[George Walter]] |
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| after_party = [[Progressive Labour Movement|PLM]] |
| after_party = [[Progressive Labour Movement|PLM]] |
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Turnout | 55.92% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 11 February 1971.[1] They were won by the Progressive Labour Movement. PLM leader George Walter was elected Premier of Antigua, defeating the incumbent Premier Vere Bird of the Antigua Labour Party. The PLM was founded in 1967 after a split in the leadership of the Antigua Trades and Labour Union; this was its first election, as well as its first and only electoral victory.
The 1971 election marked the first change of government in the history of Antigua and Barbuda. It was the first election held in the territory since its creation as a West Indies Associated State in 1967 and the end of its period under British colonial rule. Voter turnout was 56.4%.[1]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Progressive Labour Movement | 9,761 | 57.72 | 13 | New | |
Antigua Labour Party | 6,409 | 37.90 | 4 | –6 | |
Antigua People's Party | 595 | 3.52 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 147 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 16,912 | 100.00 | 17 | +7 | |
Valid votes | 16,912 | 97.71 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 397 | 2.29 | |||
Total votes | 17,309 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 30,952 | 55.92 | |||
Source: Caribbean Elections |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p66 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6