2007 Bahamian general election

2007 Bahamian general election

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All 41 seats in the House of Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hubert Ingraham Perry Christie
Party FNM PLP
Last election 40.87%, 7 seats 51.78%, 29 seats
Seats won 23 18
Seat change Increase 16 Decrease 11
Popular vote 68,624 64,648
Percentage 49.85% 46.96%
Swing Increase 8.98pp Decrease 4.82pp

Prime Minister before election

Perry Christie
PLP

Prime Minister after election

Hubert Ingraham
FNM

General elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 2007. The result was an opposition victory, with the Free National Movement, led by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, claiming 23 of the 41 seats. Incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie conceded defeat in a phone call to his rival.[1] Ingraham was sworn into the office of Prime Minister on 4 May.[2]

  1. ^ Bahamas government ousted in poll, BBC News, 3 May 2007.
  2. ^ Swearing in the Rt. Hon. Hubert Alexander Ingraham Bahamas Government, 4 May 2007