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The Bahamas has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.. In January 2021, it was reported that the PLP was expecting an early election. [4]At dissolution, the FNM was down four seats on their 2017 result; House Speaker Halson Moultrie, Reece Chipman, and Frederick McAlpine left the party to sit and run for re-election as independents, whilst Vaughn Miller defected to the PLP.
Background. In the 2021 election, the Progressive Liberal Party of then opposition leader Philip Davis won a landslide victory against the incumbent Free National Movement led by then Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, securing 32 seats and 52.59% of the popular vote.
Hubert Alexander Minnis, ON [1] (born 16 April 1954) [2] is a Bahamian politician and doctor who served as prime minister of the Bahamas from May 2017 to 16 September 2021. . Minnis is the former leader of the Free National Movement, the former governing party, and the Member of Parliament for the New Providence constituency of Killarne
Constituencies of the Bahamas are the electoral divisions for the Bahamas House of Assembly, the lower Parliamentary house. The Assembly currently has 39 single-member constituencies and uses the Westminster first past the post system. The Members of Parliament (MPs) serve 5-year-terms. [1][2] The last election was in 2021.
The Bahamas. Term. September 2021 –. Election. 2021 general election. The 14th Bahamian Parliament is the current sitting of the Parliament of The Bahamas. It was elected in the 2021 Bahamian general election. [1]
The electoral law of the Bahamas was passed on 31 December 1979 and was last amended in 1992. [1] Elections are run by the Parliamentary Registration Department, headed by a Parliamentary Commissioner. Appointed by the Governor-General, the Commissioner is responsible for voter registration. There is also an Electoral Broadcasting Council ...
The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in the Bahamas formed in the early 1970s and led by Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Michael Pintard and the current deputy leader is Shanendon Cartwright. The Free National Movement first came to power in 1992 after contesting numerous general ...
23 September 2021. Preceded by. Marvin Dames. Majority. 357 (9.84%) Personal details. Political party. Progressive Liberal Party. McKell D. Bonaby is a Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the Mount Moriah constituency since 2021.