Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party secures victory in 2023 general elections

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