1999 Antiguan general election

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1999 Antiguan general election

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All 17 seats in the House of Representatives 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.61% ( 1.29pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lester Bird Baldwin Spencer Hilbourne Frank Party ALP UPP BPM Seats won 12 4 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 17,521 14,713 418 Percentage 52.94% 44.45% 1.26% Swing 1.50pp 0.74pp 0.09pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Lester Bird ALP Subsequent Prime Minister Lester Bird ALP

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General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 9 March 1999.^[1] The elections were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party. Lester Bird was re-elected Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Voter turnout was 63.6%.^[1]

The elections were extremely close, with the UPP losing five seats by a narrow 554 votes in total, and had the elections been free and fair (the government controlled almost all newspapers as well as television and radio stations), the opposition could have won a majority.^[2] Opposition leader Baldwin Spencer criticised the conduct and fairness of the elections and began a hunger strike in protest to the flaws in the system. The government responded by establishing the independent Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission in 2001.