General elections were held in the Bahamas on 14 March 1997.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p78 The result was a victory for the Free National Movement, which won 34 of the 40 seats. Hubert Ingraham was sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister on 18 March.Bahamas: Elections held in 1997 Inter-Parliamentary Union
The 1997 elections were the last time that a Prime Minister was re-elected for a second consecutive term until 2026.
Results
Elected MPs Number Name Party Island (area) ConstituencyEthnicity 1 Sylvia Scriven Free National Movement New Providence EastSt. MargaretBlack 2 Pierre Dupuch Free National Movement New Providence EastShirleaWhite 3 William Allen Free National Movement New Providence EastMontaguBlack 4 Juanianne DorsettFree National Movement New Providence EastFox HillBlack 5 Janet Bostwick Free National Movement New Providence EastYamacrawBlack 6 Lestor Turnquest Free National Movement New Providence EastMalcolm CreekBlack 7 Carl Bethell Free National Movement New Providence EastHoly CrossBlack 8 Zhivargo Laing Free National Movement New Providence WestFort CharlotteBlack 9 Watkins Floyd Free National Movement New Providence WestDelaporteBlack 10 Anthony Rolle Free National Movement New Providence WestCarmichaelBlack 11 Frank Watson Free National Movement New Providence WestAdelaideBlack 12 Dion Faulkes Free National Movement New Providence WestBlue HillsBlack 13 Orville Turnquest Free National Movement New Providence WestMount MoriahBlack 14 Gregory Williams Free National Movement New Providence WestBain TownBlack 15 Bradley Roberts Progressive Liberal Party New Providence SouthGrants TownBlack 16 Perry Christie Progressive Liberal Party New Providence SouthCentrevilleBlack 17 Cynthia A. Pratt Progressive Liberal Party New Providence SouthSt. CeciliaBlack 18 Philip Galanis Progressive Liberal Party New Providence SouthEnglerstonBlack 19 Algernon Allen Free National Movement New Providence SouthMarathonBlack 20 Italia Johnson Free National Movement New Providence SouthGarden HillsBlack 21 Theresa Moxey-Ingraham Free National Movement New Providence SouthGolden GatesBlack 22 Tennyson Wells Free National Movement New Providence SouthBamboo TownBlack 23 Bernard Nottage Progressive Liberal Party New Providence SouthKennedyBlack 24 Michael Smith Free National Movement New Providence SouthSouth BeachBlack 25 David Wallace Free National Movement Grand BahamaWest End and BiminiBlack 26 Cornelius A. Smith Free National Movement Grand BahamaPineridgeBlack 27 Kenneth Russell Free National Movement Grand BahamaHigh RockBlack 28 Lindy Russell Free National Movement Grand BahamaEight Mile RockBlack 29 Neko Grant Free National Movement Grand BahamaLucayaBlack 30 David Thompson Free National Movement Grand BahamaMarco CityBlack 31 Earl Deveaux Free National Movement AndrosNorth Andros and Berry IslandsBlack 32 Lynden Pindling Progressive Liberal Party AndrosMangrove Cay and South AndrosBlack 33 Hubert Ingraham Free National Movement AbacoNorth AbacoBlack 34 Robert Sweeting Free National Movement AbacoSouth AbacoWhite 35 Alvin Smith Free National Movement EleutheraNorth Eleuthera, Spanish Wells and Harbour IslandBlack 36 Anthony Miller Free National Movement EleutheraSouth EleutheraBlack 37 James Miller Free National Movement Cat IslandCat Island, Rum Cay & San SalvadorBlack 38 Elliot Lockheart Free National Movement ExumaExumaBlack 39 James Knowles Free National Movement Long IslandLong and Ragged IslandWhite 40 Vernon Symonette Free National Movement Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked, Acklins, & Long Cay IslandsMICALBlack Source: Election Passport
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