The man spearheading the Antigua Labour Party's legal challenge of the March 12 general election results, believes the excessive delays experienced during the voting exercise amounted to a tragedy and will prompt Parliament to reconsider existing election laws.

Anthony Astaphan believes the provisions of the law warrant a closer look.

"What happened and the manner in which this thing was dealt with by the (Electoral) Commission was, in fact, a disaster, but it's not a natural disaster and the law is going to have to be amended to take into consideration the possibility of extended hours due to this," Astaphan said.

There were major setbacks in at least six constituencies, which electoral officials said was owing to glitches with printing documents for polling stations. As a result, voters in some of the affected areas stood in long lines for up to six hours waiting for polling stations to open, while others opted to abandon the process.

However, despite the delays, polls closed at the scheduled 6 p.m. cut off time, although persons in line at that time were allowed to cast their ballots.