General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 8 March 1994.[1] They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party under the leadership of Lester Bird. Bird had been appointed leader of the ALP before the elections, after his father and predecessor Vere Bird announced his intention to retire. Lester Bird became Prime Minister after elections. Voter turnout was 62.3%.[1] This was the first election contested by the United Progressive Party, under future Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer.

1994 Antiguan general election

← 1989 8 March 1994 1999 →

All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.32% (Increase 1.60pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Lester Bird Baldwin Spencer Hilbourne Frank
Party ALP UPP BPM
Seats won 11 5 1
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 5 Steady
Popular vote 14,763 11,852 367
Percentage 54.44% 43.71% 1.35%
Swing Decrease 9.41pp Increase 43.71pp Decrease 0.02pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Vere Bird
ALP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Lester Bird
ALP

The elections were described as neither free nor fair, as they were marred by several problems, including failing to guarantee a secret ballot, a deficient registration process open to abuse, and the inflation of the voter registry by 25% with the names of deceased people or emigrants.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Antigua Labour Party14,76354.4411–4
United Progressive Party11,85243.715+4
Barbuda People's Movement3671.3510
Workers Amalgamated Congressional Symbolisation110.040New
Independents1230.4500
Total27,116100.00170
Valid votes27,11699.46
Invalid/blank votes1470.54
Total votes27,263100.00
Registered voters/turnout43,74962.32
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p66 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p62