List of National Assembly constituencies of The Bahamas

House of Assembly of the Bahamas
14th Bahamian Parliament
History
Founded4 March 1729; 295 years ago (1729-03-04)
Seats39
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
16 September 2021
Meeting place
Bahamian Parliament, Nassau, The Bahamas
Constituencies of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas

The Bahamas House of Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of The Bahamas, an island country in the Caribbean. It is housed at the Bahamian Parliament Building in Nassau, the national capital. The current Assembly was elected by the general elections held on 16 September 2021.

The Assembly has 39 single-member constituencies and its use the first-past-the-post system for elections. The Members of Parliament (MPs) serve 5-year-terms.[1][2] The current constituencies are based on the recommendations of the Boundaries Commission in 2016.[3]

List of constituencies

# Constituency Island/
Island group 		Electorate
(2021)[4]
1 Bain Town and Grants Town New Providence 4,830
2 Bamboo Town 5,860
3 Carmichael 6,041
4 Centreville 5,218
5 Elizabeth 5,709
6 Englerston 4,923
7 Freetown 4,869
8 Fort Charlotte 4,978
9 Fox Hill 6,041
10 Garden Hills 5,321
11 Golden Gates 5,490
12 Golden Isles 7,391
13 Killarney 7,112
14 Marathon 5,368
15 Mount Moriah 5,345
16 Nassau Village 5,701
17 Pinewood 5,373
18 Saint Anne's 5,475
19 Saint Barnabas 4,601
20 Sea Breeze 5,704
21 South Beach 5,625
22 Southern Shores 5,617
23 Tall Pines 6,243
24 Yamacraw 5,268
25 Central Grand Bahama Grand Bahama 6,809
26 East Grand Bahama 6,561
27 Marco City 6,287
28 Pineridge 5,668
29 West Grand Bahama & Bimini 5,700
30 Central and South Abaco Abaco 3,294
31 North Abaco 5,108
32 Mangrove Cay and South Andros Andros 2,338
33 North Andros and Berry Islands 2,727
34 Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador Multiple 1,679
35 Central and South Eleuthera Eleuthera 3,908
36 North Eleuthera 3,515
37 The Exumas and Ragged Island Multiple 3,601
38 Long Island Long Island 1,835
39 MICAL[a] Multiple 1,392
  1. ^ Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins, and Long Cay

Boundary reviews

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.[5] The Commission suggests that each constituency have around 5,000 voters with a margin of 500.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Bahamas Election Centre". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ "The Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "39 seats in next House". Bahamas Local News. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  4. ^ "2021 General Election Results - Winner Percentage". Parliamentary Registration Department, Government of the Bahamas. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  5. ^ Rashad Rolle (6 April 2021). "Davis Backs Boundary Change". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  6. ^ Jones Jr., Royston (7 June 2021). "FINAL HURDLE: Constituencies commission to complete report on Monday". Eyewitness News. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.