1984 Antiguan general election

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (March 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at [[:es:Elecciones generales de Antigua y Barbuda de 1984]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|es|Elecciones generales de Antigua y Barbuda de 1984}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

1984 Antiguan general election

← 1980 17 April 1984 1989 →
← outgoing members elected members →
All 17 seats in the House of Representatives 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	61.12% ( 15.96pp)
First party Second party   Leader Vere Bird – Party ALP Independents Seats won 16 1 Seat change 3 Popular vote 12,972 1,375 Percentage 67.90% 7.20% Swing 9.86pp 5.68pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Vere Bird ALP Subsequent Prime Minister Vere Bird ALP

Politics of Antigua and Barbuda
Executive Monarch Charles III Governor-General Sir Rodney Williams Prime Minister Gaston Browne Cabinet
Legislative Parliament Senate President House of Representatives Speaker Leader of the Opposition
Judicial Magistrates' Courts Supreme Court High Court Court of Appeal Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Elections Recent elections General: 2014 2018 2023 Political parties
Administrative divisions Parishes and dependencies
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Barbuda Affairs Minister: E.P. Chet Greene Diplomatic missions of / in Antigua and Barbuda Passports Visa requirements Visa policy
Barbuda Barbuda Council Chairperson Vice Chairperson Secretary
Other countries
v t e

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 17 April 1984,^[1] the first after the country had become an independent Commonwealth realm in 1981.

The result was a victory for the governing Antigua Labour Party (ALP), whose leader Vere Bird was reelected as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. In contrast, the opposition vote was split between George Walter's new political vehicle, the United People's Movement, and the Progressive Labour Movement, Walter's former party from his pre-independence term as Premier.^[2] The only non-ALP seat was won by a pro-ALP independent from Barbuda.^[2] Voter turnout was 61.1%.^[1]