Bahamian general election, 2012

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The Bahamas General Election 2012
The Bahamas
2007 ←
 May 7, 2012 (2012-05-07)
 → 2017
All 38 seats of the Bahamian House of Assembly
  Hubert Ingraham Perry Christie Branville McCartney
Leader Hubert Ingraham Perry Christie Branville McCartney
Party Free National Movement Progressive Liberal Party Democratic National Alliance
Leader since 2005 1997 2010
Leader's seat North Abaco Centreville Bamboo Town
Last election 23 seats, 49,86% 18 seats, 47,02% N/A
Current seats 21 19 1
Incumbent Prime Minister

Hubert Ingraham
Free National Movement

The Bahamian General Election 2012 will be held in the Bahamas on 7 May 2012.[1] Elections in the Bahamas take place in the framework of a parliamentary democracy, which relies on the first past the post system of voting. This was the first general election in which a third party offered a full slate of candidates along with the two major parties.[2]

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[edit] Opinion Polls

An opinion poll was carried out by Public Domain, a market research and public opinion polling company, between March 2nd and March 12th 2012 that involved 501 respondents. A sample of this proportion only represented a maximum margin of error of 4.4 per cent. The poll showed that the Free National Movement's (FNM) core support was the highest at 30.5 per cent, followed by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) at 23.7 per cent, and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) at 16.5 per cent. A total of 12.2 per cent of the sample were undecided voters. Also the poll revealed that the PLP's swing voters constituted 6.6 per cent of the sample; the largest swing voter percentage. They were followed by the DNA ( who had 5.2 per cent swing voters ) and the FNM ( who had 3.7 per cent swing voters ). Therefore the total support for the FNM was around 34.2 per cent, which was followed by the PLP's 30.3 per cent and the DNA's 21.7 per cent. It should be noted that if any of the two leading parties were to win the support of the entire 12.2 per cent undecided voters ,they would win the general election. A question was asked during the polling process that went, According to you, which party will win the next election?. The results were that the FNM would ( at 32% ), the PLP would ( at 32% ) and the DNA would ( at 8% ) win the next general election. The poll also revealed that 52% of the electorate is against reelecting the incumbant Free National Movement [3]

[edit] Results

e • d Summary of the 7 May 2012 General Election of the Bahamas
Parties Total Seats Votes Percentage
Before After ±
FNM Logo.jpg Free National Movement 21 - - - -
PLP Logo.png Progressive Liberal Party 19 - - - -
Logo-dna.jpg Democratic National Alliance 1 - - - -
Christian cross.svg Bahamas Constitution Party 0 - - - -
Independent 0 - - - -
Total 41 38 decrease 3 - 100%
Source: website here

[edit] Results by Constituency

[edit] Key
FNM – Free National Movement
PLP – Progressive Liberal Party
DNA – Democratic National Alliance
BCP - Bahamas Constitution Party
IND – Independent
† denotes constituency previously held by candidate's party
†† denotes incumbent candidate and party
All percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Bain & Grants Town Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 John Bostwick II FNM - -
Dr. Bernard Nottage PLP - -
Rodney Moncur DNA - -
Mario Clarke IND - -
Bamboo Town Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Cassius Stuart FNM - -
Renward Wells PLP - -
Branville McCartney DNA - -
Craig Butler IND - -
Carmichael Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Darron Cash FNM - -
Dr. Daniel Johnson PLP - -
Theofanis
Cochinamogulos		 DNA - -
Glen Rolle IND - -
Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Michael Pintard FNM - -
Philip Brave Davis PLP - -
Shawn Francis DNA - -
Central & South Abaco Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Edison Key FNM - -
Gary Sawyer PLP - -
Roscoe Thompson DNA - -
Central & South Eleuthera Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Howard Johnson FNM - -
Damian Gomez PLP - -
William Hunt DNA - -
Central Grand Bahama Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Neko Grant FNM - -
Julian Russell PLP - -
Howard Grant Jr DNA - -
Centreville Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Ella Lewis FNM - -
Perry Christie PLP - -
Celi Moss DNA - -
East Grand Bahama Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Peter Turnquest FNM - -
Tanisha Tynes PLP - -
Ferline
Bridgewater-Thomas		 DNA - -
Philip Thomas IND - -
Elizabeth Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Dr. Duane Sands FNM - -
Ryan Pinder PLP - -
Charlene Paul DNA - -
Jay Armbrister IND - -
Englerston Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Caron Shepard FNM - -
Glenys Hanna-Martin PLP - -
Nicholas Jacques DNA - -
S. Ali McIntosh BCP - -
Paul Rolle IND - -
C. Rashard Amahad IND - -
Alexander Morley IND - -
Exumas & Ragged Island Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Phenton Neymour FNM - -
Anthony Moss PLP - -
Floyd Ambrister DNA - -
Collin Miller IND - -
Reginald Smith IND - -
Fort Charlotte Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Zhivargo Laing FNM - -
Dr. Andre Rollins PLP - -
Mark Humes DNA - -
Fox Hill Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Shonell Ferguson FNM - -
Fred Mitchell PLP - -
Kendal Smith DNA - -
Garden Hills Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Brensil Rolle FNM - -
Dr. Kendal Major PLP - -
Kelphene Cunningham DNA - -
Paul Moss IND - -
Golden Gates Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Winsome Miller FNM - -
Shane Gibson PLP - -
Allsworth Pickstock DNA - -
Golden Isles Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Charles Maynard FNM - -
Michael Halkitis PLP - -
Farrell Goff DNA - -
Killarney Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Dr. Hubert Minnis FNM - -
Jerome Gomez PLP - -
Prodesta Moore DNA - -
Long Island Candidate Party Votes Percentage
ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Loretta Butler-Turner FNM - -
Alex Storr PLP - -
Mario Cartwright DNA - -
Mangrove Cay & South Andros Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Ronald Bostfield FNM - -
Picewell Forbes PLP - -
Wayde Forbes DNA - -
Whitney Bastian IND - -
Marathon Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Heather Hunt FNM - -
Jerome Fitzgerald PLP - -
Karen Davis DNA - -
Marco City Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Norris Bain FNM - -
Gregory Moss PLP - -
Tolonus Sands DNA - -
Leslie Minus IND - -
MICAL Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Sidney Collie FNM - -
V. Alfred Gray PLP - -
Jamarl Chea DNA - -
Montagu Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Richard Lightbourn FNM - -
Frank Smith PLP - -
Benjamin Albury DNA - -
Graham Weatherford IND - -
Mount Moriah Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Tommy Turnquest FNM - -
Arnold Forbes PLP - -
Wayne Munroe DNA - -
Nassau Village Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Basil Moss FNM - -
Dion Smith PLP - -
Christopher Mortimer DNA - -
North Abaco Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Hubert Ingraham FNM - -
Renardo Curry PLP - -
Sonith Lockhart DNA - -
Graham Weatherford IND - -
North Andros & Berry Islands Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Desmond Bannister FNM - -
Dr. Perry Gomez PLP - -
Randy Butler DNA - -
North Eleuthera Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Theo Neilly FNM - -
Clay Sweeting PLP - -
George Taylor DNA - -
Pineridge Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Kwasi Thompson FNM - -
Dr. Michael Darville PLP - -
Osman Johnson DNA - -
Pinewood Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Byron Woodside FNM - -
Khaalis Rolle PLP - -
Wellington Woods DNA - -
Elkin Sutherland IND - -
Seabreeze Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Carl Bethel FNM - -
Hope Strachan PLP - -
Alfred Poitier DNA - -
Brenda T. Harris BCP - -
South Beach Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Monique Gomez FNM - -
Cleola Hamilton PLP - -
Wallace Rolle DNA - -
James Williams IND - -
Southern Shores Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Kenyatta Gibson FNM - -
Kendrick Dorsett PLP - -
Dr. Madeline Sawyer DNA - -
St. Anne's Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Hubert Chipman FNM - -
Gregory Burrows PLP - -
Prince Smith DNA - -
James Williams IND - -
Tall Pines Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Karen Butler FNM - -
Leslie Mille PLP - -
Dario Terrelli DNA - -
West Grand Bahama & Bimini Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Pakesia Parker FNM - -
Obediah Wilchcombe PLP - -
Rodger Rolle DNA - -
Yamacraw Candidate Party Votes Percentage
- ballots counted
- ballots rejected		 Dion Foulkes FNM - -
Melanie Griffin PLP - -
Maurice Smith DNA - -

Source = Place Soucre Here

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Electoral Calendar - international elections world elections". http://www.mherrera.org/elections.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-12. 
  2. ^ McCartney and DNA makes political history . feeport.nassauguardian.net. The Guardian Business. 19 April 2012. Web.
  3. ^ Dames, Candia. "FNM and PLP in Statistical dead heat."The Guardian Business. 29 March 2012.n. pag.Web. 15 April 2012
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