Elections in the Bahamas

Elections in the Bahamas

Elections in the Bahamas gives information on election and election results in the Bahamas.

Bahamas elects on national level a legislature. Parliament has two chambers. The House of Assembly has 40 members, elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 16 appointed members. Bahamas has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Latest elections

electiontable|Bahamas legislative election, 2007"'Summary of the May 2, 2007 Bahamas House of Assembly election results
-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width=450 align=left|Parties!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
-
align=left|Free National Movement
align="right" |68,542
align="right" |49.86
align="right" |23
-
align=left|Progressive Liberal Party
align="right" |64,637
align="right" |47.02
align="right" |18
-
align=left|Independents
align="right" |3,555
align="right" |2.59
align="right" |-
-
align=left|Bahamas Democratic Movement
align="right" |741
align="right" |0.5
align="right" |-

-
align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 91.2 %)
width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|137,745
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|41
-
align=left colspan=4|Source: [http://www.rulers.org/ Rulers]

electiontable|Bahamas legislative election, 1997"'Summary of the March 14,1997 Bahamas House of Assembly election results
-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width=450 align=left|Parties!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
-
align=left|Free National Movement
align="right" |68,766
align="right" |57.7
align="right" |34
-
align=left|Progressive Liberal Party
align="right" |49,932
align="right" |41.8
align="right" |6
-
align=left|Independents
align="right" |256
align="right" |0.2
align="right" |-
-
align=left|Others
align="right" |219
align="right" |0.1
align="right" |-

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align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 91.7 %)
width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|119,173
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|40
-
align=left colspan=4|Source: [www.Bahamas.gov.bs]

electiontable|Bahamas legislative election, 1977"'Summary of the 1977 Bahamas House of Assembly election results
-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width=450 align=left|Parties!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
-
align=left|Progressive Liberal Party
align="right" |35,067
align="right" |53.1
align="right" |30
-
align=left|Free National Movement
align="right" |10,001
align="right" |15.1
align="right" |2
-
align=left|Bahamian Democratic Party
align="right" |19,040
align="right" |28.8
align="right" |6
-
align=left|Others
align="right" |1,916
align="right" |2.9
align="right" |-

-
align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 92.6 %)
width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|66,024
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|38
-
align=left colspan=4|Source: [Race and politics in the bahamas]

1977 Members of Parliament by constituency

1968 Members of Parliament by constituency

See also

* Electoral calendar
* Electoral system

External links

* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bahamas/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]


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