St. John's Rural East

St. John's Rural East is a parliamentary constituency in Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda.

The constituency has 4,474 registered electors and 14 polling districts. Its counting centre is at the St. John's Catholic Primary, on Old Parham Road.

The constituency is represented by Maria Browne, and was once the seat of former prime minister Lester Bird.

Electoral history Party1971197619801984198919941999200420092014201820232026ALP37.01%58.57%68.58%83.76%76.72%67.10%63.58%47.46%50.26%57.95%65.90%53.73%68.15%UPP - - -16.24%20.42%32.90%34.29%52.54%47.77%42.05%29.55%44.32%31.85%PLM56.26%41.43%29.70% - - - - - - - - - -Others6.74%0.00%1.72%0.00%2.86%0.00%2.13%0.00%1.97%0.00%4.06%1.45%0.00%Valid9351,7091,3941,1271,5381,9242,6803,7233,8583,7003,3003,2783,121Invalid3148410137139191623Total9381,7231,4021,1311,5481,9372,6873,7363,8673,7193,2943,144Registered1,5791,8221,9592,0972,6563,3364,2134,1044,8234,1695,0045,187Turnout59.40%94.57%71.57%53.93%58.28%58.06%63.78%91.03%80.18%89.21%65.83%60.61%

Members of parliament +ResultsYearWinnerParty% Votes1971Gerald WattPLM56.26%1976Lester BirdALP58.57%198068.58%198483.76%198976.72%199467.10%199963.58%2004Leon Errol CortUPP52.54%2009Lester BirdALP50.26%2014ABLP57.95%2018Maria Browne66.23%202353.73%202664.89%

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