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Queen: Elizabeth II Governor-General: Sir James Carlisle Prime Minister: Baldwin Spencer Political parties Elections: 2004 - 1999 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda... The flag of the Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda This page contains a list of Governors-General of Antigua and Barbuda. ... Sir James Beethoven Carlisle (born 1937) is the Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. ... This page contains a list of Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda. ... Winston Baldwin Spencer (born October 8, Antigua and Barbuda. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Politics of Antigua and Barbuda Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Antigua and Barbuda ... Legislative elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on March 23, 2004. ... Legislative elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on March 9, 1999. ...
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The United Progressive Party is the main governing political party in Antigua and Barbuda. It is led by Baldwin Spencer and has the majority of seats in the Antiguan House of Representatives. UPP was formed in 1992 through a merger of Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement, the Progressive Labour Movement and the United National Democratic Party. At the last elections, 24 march 2004, the party won 55.3 % of popular votes and 12 out of 17 seats. A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... Winston Baldwin Spencer (born October 8, Antigua and Barbuda. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement, a radical socialist and Antigua and Barbuda. ... The Progressive Labour Movement was a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. ... The United National Democratic Party was a political party in Antigua and Barbuda and is now part of the United Progressive Party. ... Politics of Antigua and Barbuda Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Antigua and Barbuda ...
Legislative elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on March 23, 2004.
The elections resulted in the defeat of the Antigua Labour Party, which had been in power since independence in 1981, by the UnitedProgressiveParty.
Remark: Voting for the seat representing Barbuda was held on ended in a draw between Barbuda People's Movement (an ally of UnitedProgressiveParty) and the Barbuda People's Movement for Change (an ally of the Antigua Labour Party), which both got exactly 400 votes.
Antigua and Barbuda has a bicameral legislature: a 17-member Senate appointed by the governor general--mainly on the advice of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition--and a 17-member popularly elected House of Representatives.
Antigua and Barbuda is a beneficiary of the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative.
Antigua and Barbuda is strategically situated in the Leeward Islands near maritime transport lanes of major importance to the United States.
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