1960 Antiguan general election

1960 Antiguan general election

29 November 1960

All 10 seats in the Legislative Council
6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.98% ( 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

Results by constituency

Chief Minister before election

Vere Bird
ALP

Subsequent Chief Minister

Vere Bird
ALP

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 29 November 1960. 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.

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%.