1977 Bahamian general election

General elections were held in the Bahamas on 19 July 1977.^[1] The result was a victory for the Progressive Liberal Party, which won 30 of the 38 seats. Voter turnout was 92.6%.^[2]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Liberal Party	35,090	54.74	30	+1
	Bahamian Democratic Party	17,252	26.91	6	New
	Free National Movement	9,995	15.59	2	–7
	Vanguard Nationalist and Socialist Party	55	0.09	0	New
	Independents	1,716	2.68	0	–1
Total		64,108	100.00	38	0

Registered voters/turnout		71,295	–
Source: Hughes, Nohlen

Elected MPs[]

Number	Name	Party	District	Ethnicity
1	Perry Christie	Progressive Liberal Party		Black
2	Roland Symonette	Bahamian Democratic Party		White
3		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
4	Arthur Hanna	Progressive Liberal Party		Black
5		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
6		Bahamian Democratic Party		Black
7		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
8		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
9		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
10		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
11		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
12		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
13		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
14		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
15		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
16		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
17		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
18	Clifford Darling	Progressive Liberal Party		Black
19		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
20		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
21		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
22		Free National Movement		Black
23		Free National Movement		Black
24		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
25		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
26	Lynden Pindling	Progressive Liberal Party		Black
27	Hubert Ingraham	Progressive Liberal Party		Black
28		Bahamian Democratic Party		White
29		Bahamian Democratic Party		White
30		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
31		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
32		Bahamian Democratic Party	Cat Island	Black
33		Progressive Liberal Party		White
34		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
35		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
36		Bahamian Democratic Party		White
37		Progressive Liberal Party	Crooked Islands, Long Cay, & Acklins	Black
38		Progressive Liberal Party		Black
Source: Hughes

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p78 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Colin A. Hughes (1981) Race and Politics in the Bahamas ISBN 978-0-312-66136-6

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[1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p78 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Colin A. Hughes (1981) Race and Politics in the Bahamas ISBN 978-0-312-66136-6

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