2004 Antiguan general election

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 23 March 2004. The result was a victory for the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP), which defeated the incumbent Antigua Labour Party. Baldwin Spencer, leader of the UPP, replaced Lester Bird as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, with Bird being one of eight Labour MPs to lose his seat. Spencer became only the second Prime Minister from outside the Bird family or the Labour Party.

2004 Antiguan general election
23 March 2004
All 17 seats in the House of Representatives
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.19% ( 27.58pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Baldwin Spencer Lester Bird Trevor Walker
Party UPP ALP BPM
Seats won 12 4 1
Seat change 8 8
Popular vote 21,892 16,544 400
Percentage 55.50% 41.94% 1.26%
Swing 11.05pp 11.00pp 0.25pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Lester Bird
ALP

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Baldwin Spencer
UPP

Politics of Antigua and Barbuda
Executive
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Administrative divisions
  • Parishes and dependencies
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Minister: E.P. Chet Greene
  • Diplomatic missions of / in Antigua and Barbuda
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  • Other countries

Bird had been Prime Minister since 1994, when he succeeded his father, Vere Bird, who had been Prime Minister from independence in 1981, having previously served as Chief Minister or Premier of Antigua since 1960 with the exception of the 1971–1976 period.

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