Overview
- Official results show the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party won 15 of 17 seats, returning Gaston Browne to a fourth term.
- The opposition United Progressive Party was reduced to a single seat, with Barbuda People’s Movement leader Trevor Walker holding the other opposition spot.
- Election officials reported smooth voting under international observation, and preliminary tallies were later confirmed.
- The campaign centered on Washington’s freeze on U.S. visa processing for Antiguans over vetting risks in the citizenship-by-investment program, a major blow for residents who travel to the United States for work.
- Browne called the snap election two years early to secure a fresh mandate during an international crisis, expanding Labour’s majority from nine seats.