Elections in Antigua and Barbuda
- Elections in Antigua and Barbuda
Elections in Antigua and Barbuda gives information on election and election results in Antigua and Barbuda. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.
Antigua and Barbuda elects on national level a legislature. Parliament has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 19 members, 17 members elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies, 1 ex-officio member and 1 Speaker. The Senate has 17 appointed members. Antigua and Barbuda has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Latest election
Past elections
ee also
* Electoral calendar
* Electoral system
External links
* [http://www.antiguaelections.com/ Antigua Elections website]
* [http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Elecdata/Antigua/antigua.html Antigua and Barbuda on the Political Database of the Americas]
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/antigua/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
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