List of political parties in the Bahamas explained

Political parties in the Bahamas may be "classified", "nonclassified", or "unclassified". Classified parties are "major" or "minor" depending on electoral performance and competitive ability.

Parties represented in Parliament

Party		Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Senators	Assembly members
bgcolor=		Progressive Liberal Party	PLP	Philip Davis	Centre to centre-left	Social liberalism Progressivism Populism
bgcolor=		Free National Movement	FNM	Michael Pintard	Centre-right	Conservative liberalism

Classification of Bahamian Political Parties

Classified Major

• Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)
• Free National Movement (FNM)
• Bahamas Democratic Party (BDP)
• United Bahamian Party (UBP)
• Bahama Democrat Labour Party (BDLP)

Classified Minor: Macro

• Bahamas Constitution Party (BCP)
• Democratic National Alliance (DNA)
• Coalition for Democratic Reform (CDR)

Classified Minor: Micro

• The People's Movement (TPM)
• Bahamas National Coalition Party (BNCP)
• Bahamas Constitution Party (BCP)
• God's People Party (GPP)
• Vanguard Nationalist & Socialist Party (VNSP)

Nonclassified: NANO

• Independent

New

• Bahamian Way Forward Movement (BWFM)
• Coalition of Independents (COI)
• Grand Commonwealth Party (GCP)
• Kingdom Government Movement (KGM)
• Justice Labour Party (JLP)
• Righteous Government Movement (RGM)
• United Coalition (independents)

Unclassified Political Parties (defunct)

• United Bahamian Party (UBP)
• National Development Party (NDP)
• National Democratic Party
• Bahama Democrat Labour Party (BDLP)
• Social Democratic Party (SDP)
• Workers Party (WP)
• Coalition for Democratic Reform (CDR)
• Vanguard Nationalist & Socialist Party (VNSP)
• Bahamian National Party (BNP)
• Bahamian Democratic Party (BDP)
• Commonwealth Democratic Party (CDP)

See also

• Lists of political parties