Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party has won the general elections in the twin-island nation, according to the result declared by the Electoral Commission. The political party will be ruling the country for the next five years. Out of the total seventeen (17) seats, ABLP has been declared victorious at nine (9) seats, whereas the opposition party United Progressive Party (UPP), has won five (5) seats. Along with this, one (1) seat has been bagged by the Barbuda People’s Movement.
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and the leader of Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP), Gaston Browne, has also retained his seat from his constituency – St John’s City West.
According to the figures shared by the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC), PM Browne won the election after bagging 1,295 votes. After claiming victory, he will be becoming the prime minister for a third consecutive time. His opponent from the United Progressive Party (UPP) – T Allister Lincoln Thomas, won around 621 seats.
Besides this, Robin Yearwood, from ABLP, was declared the winner for the St. Philip North Constituency. Yearwood won 708 votes, his opponent from UPP Browne won 615, whereas seven (7) ballots were rejected.
Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin, from ABLP, was declared the winner in St. John’s City South. Benjamin secured 889 votes, and his opponents, Defreitas and Timothy, won 495 and 11 votes, respectively. The number of rejected ballots was 6.
Along with this, Maria Browne, from Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party, was the declared winner in St. John’s Rural East. Browne won 1770, and her opponent, Ivor Bird from UPP, claimed 1460; the number of rejected ballots was 16. It was the very first time that Maria Browne, wife of Prime Minister Gaston Browne, contested in the general elections of Antigua and Barbuda.
This time, around 53 candidates nominated themselves to contest in the elections. The candidates who were representing their respective political parties were:
St John’s City West
ABLP – Gaston Browne
UPP – T Allister Lincoln Thomas
DNA – Jamel Knight
St John’s City South
ABLP – Steadroy Cutie Benjamin
UPP – Franz De Freitas
DNA – Roland Timothy
St John’s City East
ABLP – Melford Nicholas
UPP – Harold Lovell
DNA – Leon Smith (DNA)
St John’s Rural West
ABLP – Gail CHRISTIAN
UPP – Richard LEWIS
DNA – Stephen RICHARDSON
Independent – Anderson CARTY
St John’s Rural East
ABLP – Maria BROWNE
UPP – Ivor Sean BIRD
DNA – Theo Adolphus YOUNG
St John’s Rural South
ABLP – Daryll MATTHEW
UPP – Gladys POTTER nee SAMUEL
DNA – Tecla THOMAS (DNA)
Independent – Gail PERO-WESTON
St John’s Rural North
ABLP – Charles FERNANDEZ
UPP – Pearl QUINN WILLIAMS
DNA – Louis RIVERA
St Mary’s South
ABLP – Samantha N. MARSHALL
UPP – Kelvin Craig SIMON
DNA – Andrew ANTONIO
St Mary’s North
ABLP – Molwyn Morgorson JOSEPH
UPP – Johnathan JOSEPH
DNA – Kisean JOSEPH
All Saints East & St Luke
ABLP – Colin JAMES
UPP – Jamale PRINGLE
DNA – Avoy Rolston KNIGHT
St George
ABLP – Dean JONAS
UPP – Algernon WATTS
DNA – Benjamin QUINLAND
St Peter
ABLP – Rawdon TURNER
UPP – Tevaughn HARRIETTE
DNA – Chaneil IMHOFF
Independent – Asot MICHAEL
All Saints West
ABLP – Michael BROWNE
UPP – Anthony Shamari SMITH
DNA – Anthony STUART
St Philip North
ABLP – Robin YEARWOOD
UPP – Alex BROWNE
DNA – Mario THOMAS
St Paul
ABLP – E. P. Chet GREENE
UPP – Cleon Pauline ATHILL
DNA – Gameal JOYCE
St Philip South
ABLP – Lennox WESTON
UPP – Sherfield BOWEN
DNA – Joanne MASSIAH
Barbuda
ABLP – Knacyntar Ceira NEDD
BPM – Trevor WALKER
