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All 8 elected seats in the Legislative Council 5 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 57.02% ( 13.31pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 1 November 1956.[1] The Antigua Labour Party retained all eight elected seats and the party's leader Vere Bird became Minister of Trade and Production after a ministerial system of government was established.[2][3] Voter turnout was 57%.[1]