Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins and Long Cay, abbreviated as MICAL, is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas.
Geography The constituency name is an acronym of the five islands it contains that form the south-eastern tip of the Bahamas: Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins, and Long Cay. The constituency is geographically large and rural.
Members of Parliament ElectionParliamentCandidatePartyRef.19979th Bahamian ParliamentVernon SymonetteFNM200210th Bahamian ParliamentV. Alfred GrayPLP200711th Bahamian ParliamentV. Alfred GrayPLP201212th Bahamian ParliamentV. Alfred GrayPLP201713th Bahamian ParliamentMiriam Emmanuel FNM202114th Bahamian ParliamentBasil McIntoshPLP202615th Bahamian ParliamentJ. Leo FergusonFNM Elections 2026 general election Basil McIntosh has said he will not seek re-election at the 2026 general election.
In April 2025, former Golden Gates MP and Cabinet minister Shane Gibson said he planned to seek the Progressive Liberal Party nomination in MICAL. In January 2026, Robert Dupuch-Carron withdrew his application for the PLP nomination, and Ronnell Armbrister emerged as the front-runner. The PLP ratified Armbrister as its candidate later that month.
In August 2025, J. Leo Ferguson was tapped as the Free National Movement candidate for MICAL.
Past elections
References
See also List of National Assembly constituencies of The Bahamas