ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The leader of the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP), Harold Lovell, failed to win the City East seat for a third consecutive time as Information Minister Melford Nicholas held on to win by six votes on Wednesday’s general election.
Preliminary figures released by the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) showed that Nicholas, who has defeated the former finance minister on all three occasions, polled 791 votes while Lovell received 785. Leon Smith of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) got 13 votes.
In the last general election, Lovell lost by 153 votes.
The ruling Antigua and Barbuda Party (ABLP) has now won three of the four seats declared for the 17-seat Parliament.
Earlier, Prime Minister Gaston Browne comfortably won his St. John’s City West seat polling 1, 295 votes against 621 for Alister Thomas of the UPP and Jamel Knight of the DNA.
In the last general election, the ABLP won 15 of the 17 seats in the Parliament.
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