Constituencies of the Bahamas | |
Map: | Bahamas general election 2021 - Results by Constituency.svg |
Category: | Electoral district |
Territory: | The Bahamas |
Current Number: | 39 |
Population Range: | 3,000 (St Barnabas) – 7,100 (Golden Isles) |
Government: | House of Assembly of the Bahamas |
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.
Constituency | Current Member of Parliament | Party | |
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New Providence | |||
Bain Town and Grants Town | Wayde Watson | ||
Bamboo Town | Patricia Deveaux | ||
Carmichael | Keith Bell | ||
Centreville | Jomo Campbell | ||
Elizabeth | JoBeth Coleby-Davis | ||
Englerston | Glenys Hanna Martin | ||
Freetown | Wayne Munroe | ||
Fort Charlotte | Alfred Sears | ||
Fox Hill | Fred Mitchell | ||
Garden Hills | Mario Bowleg | ||
Golden Gates | Pia Glover-Rolle | ||
Golden Isles | Vaughn Miller | ||
Killarney | Hubert Minnis | ||
Marathon | Lisa Rahming | ||
Mount Moriah | McKell Bonaby | ||
Nassau Village | Jamahl Strachan | ||
Pinewood | Myles Laroda | ||
Sea Breeze | Leslia Brice | ||
South Beach | Bacchus Rolle | ||
Southern Shores | Leroy Major | ||
St. Anne's | Adrian White | ||
St. Barnabas | Shanendon Cartwright | ||
Tall Pines | Michael Darville | ||
Yamacraw | Zane Lightbourne | ||
Grand Bahama | |||
Central Grand Bahama | Iram Lewis | ||
East Grand Bahama | Kwasi Thompson | ||
Marco City | Michael Pintard | ||
Pineridge | Ginger Moxey | ||
West Grand Bahama & Bimini | Obie Wilchcombe | ||
Abaco | |||
Central and South Abaco | John Pinder II | ||
North Abaco | Kirk Cornish | ||
Andros | |||
Mangrove Cay and South Andros | Leon Lundy | ||
North Andros and Berry Islands | Leonardo Lightbourne | ||
Eleuthera | |||
Central and South Eleuthera | Clay Sweeting | ||
North Eleuthera | Sylvannus Petty | ||
Whole and multi island constituencies | |||
Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador | Philip "Brave" Davis | ||
The Exumas and Ragged Island | Chester Cooper | ||
Long Island | Adrian Gibson | ||
MICAL (Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins, and Long Cay) | Basil McIntosh | [3] | |
The Constituencies Commission conducts a review of the electoral boundaries every 5 years and makes recommendations to ensure that there is parity of numbers in each constituency.[4]
The 2021 report found that three constituencies have over 6 thousand registered voters, whilst five have under 5,000. The Commission suggests that each constituency have around 5,000 voters with a margin of 500.[5]