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The Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission was established on 3 December 2001, after the Commonwealth Observer Group recommended the creation of an independent electoral commission. The inaugural chairman was McClin Mathias.
News Pages Antigua, founded in the 2000s [2] Carib Arena, founded in the 2000s, short-lived [2] Antigua Sun and Sun Weekend, founded in 1997 by Allen Stanford; Caribbean Times, in Antigua and Barbuda, ceased to publish in January 2018. [2] [5] (There is a newspaper also called Caribbean Times that is published in New York City.)
On 9 March 1999, one of the most consequential elections in the history of the country was held. They were neither free nor fair according to the Commonwealth Observer Group. [4] A hunger strike was held, and on 3 December 2001 the independent Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission was established. [6]
Barbuda: Trevor Walker: Barbuda People's Movement: 21 March 2018 St. Peter: Rawdon Turner: Labour: 15 January 2025 All Saints West: Anthony Smith: Independent: 18 January 2023 None: Osbert Frederick: None: 18 November 2024
After the establishment of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission in 2001, the country began to return to democracy after nearly about half a century of Bird family rule, excluding a brief period in the 1970s when the family was removed from political power for five years. [1]
The Electoral Commission reported that ABLP won 9 seats in the election, while the UPP won 6 seats in total. [36] [37] In Barbuda, BPM retained its seat while DNA did not win any, although Asot Michael, an independent politician, won his seat in the St. Peter constituency. [36] Lovell of UPP also failed to win his seat. [38]
The Commission was set up in 2001 and the ALP's second period of dominance ended with defeat by the United Progressive Party in the 2004 elections. The UPP won a second term in office in 2009. However, in the 2014 general election, the Antigua Labour Party won 14 of 17 seats, while the ruling UPP won the other three seats.
By 1998 Antigua and Barbuda was not considered a democracy by Freedom House. [36] The 1999 elections were neither free nor fair, and due to this, the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission was established in 2001. [37] [38] State media was liberalised. [39] A small Caribbean integration movement had also emerged in Barbuda.