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1971 Antiguan general election

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Field	Value
type	parliamentary
country	Antigua and Barbuda
election_date	11 February 1971
previous_year	[1965](1965-antiguan-general-election)
next_year	[1976](1976-antiguan-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	9
turnout	55.92%
outgoing_members	4th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
elected_members	5th legislature of Antigua and Barbuda#Members
image1	George_Walter,_Premier_of_Antigua.jpg
leader1	George Walter
party1	Progressive Labour Movement
seats1	13
seat_change1	New
popular_vote1	9,761
percentage1	57.72%
swing1	New
image2	Vere Bird (cropped).jpg
leader2	Vere Bird
party2	ALP
seats2	4
seat_change2	6
popular_vote2	6,409
percentage2	37.90%
swing2	47.12pp
map_image	1971 Antigua and Barbuda general election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Premier
posttitle	Subsequent Premier
before_election	Vere Bird
before_party	ALP
after_election	George Walter
after_party	PLM

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 11 February 1971. 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%.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p66 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6

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