1967 Bahamian general election
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General elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 January 1967. The result was a tie between the Progressive Liberal Party and the United Bahamian Party, both of which won 18 seats.[1] In a reversal of the previous election (in which the PLP received the most votes but the UBP won the most seats), this time the PLP received a lower share of the vote than the UBP, but was able to form the country's first black-led government with the support of the sole Labour Party MP Randol Fawkes.[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| United Bahamian Party | 19,408 | 45.05 | 18 | 0 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | 18,452 | 42.83 | 18 | +10 | |
| Labour Party | 2,118 | 4.92 | 1 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party | 0 | New | |||
| Independents | 3,107 | 7.21 | 1 | –5 | |
| Total | 43,085 | 100.00 | 38 | +5 | |
| Source: Hughes, Bahamian Fragments | |||||
Elected MPs
References
- ^ Colin A. Hughes (1981) Race and Politics in the Bahamas ISBN 978-0-312-66136-6
- ^ An Informal History of the Grand Bahama Port Authority, 1955-1985 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine Bahamian Fragments
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