1960 Antiguan general election

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1960 Antiguan general election

← 1956 29 November 1960 1965 →
All 10 seats in the House of Representatives 6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	37.98% ( 19.04pp)
First party   Leader Vere Bird Party ALP Seats won 10 Seat change 2 Popular vote 2,128 Percentage 85.02% Swing 1.67pp
Chief Minister before election Vere Bird ALP Subsequent Chief Minister Vere Bird ALP

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General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 29 November 1960.^[1] They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party (ALP), whose leader Vere Bird was re-elected as Chief Minister, a position he had held since 1 January 1960 when the position was created.^[2]

The 1960 elections were the only general elections held in the territory during its membership of the West Indies Federation, a brief attempt to create a federal state in the British West Indies. Voter turnout was 38%.

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