General elections were held in

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on 9 March 1999.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p66 The elections were won by the governing

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was re-elected

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. Voter turnout was 63.6%. 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.Nohlen, p63 Opposition leader Baldwin Spencer criticised the conduct and fairness of the elections and began a

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in protest to the flaws in the system. The government responded by establishing the independent Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission in 2001.

Results

References

External links

Election report
from the

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Elections in Antigua and Barbuda

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