List of political parties in the Bahamas
Encyclopedia
Political parties in the Bahamas exist within a two-party system
, in that there are two dominant political parties
, with extreme difficulty for candidates to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Two-party system
A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government and, as a result, all or nearly all elected offices are members of one of the two major parties...
, in that there are two dominant political parties
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
, with extreme difficulty for candidates to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Minor
- National Development PartyNational Development Party (Bahamas)The "National Development Party" is a moderate political party in The Bahamas, currently without political representation.-Party formation:The National Development Party originated following a series of meetings between Mr. B. J. Moss and Dr. Andre’ Rollins in September 2008...
- Democratic National AllianceDemocratic National AllianceThe Democratic National Alliance was short lived political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It was introduced on Wednesday June 7, 2006 after its first meeting at the Crowne Plaza, Port of Spain...
Defunct parties
- United Bahamian PartyUnited Bahamian PartyThe United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...
- National Democratic Party
- Labour PartyLabour Party (Bahamas)The Labour Party was a minor political party in the Bahamas. In the 1962 general elections it won a single seat, taken by Randol Fawkes. Fawkes retained his seat in the 1967 elections, in which the United Bahamian Party and the Progressive Liberal Party won 18 seats each. Although the UBP had won...
- Social Democratic Party
- Poor Powerful Peoples Party
- Workers PartyWorkers' Party (Bahamas)The Workers' Party was a minor political party in the Bahamas. It contested the 1982 elections, in which it received only 31 votes and failed to win a seat....
- IndependentIndependent (politician)In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
- Coalition for Democratic Reform
- Vanguard PartyVanguard PartyThe Vanguard Nationalist and Socialist Party was a minor political party in the Bahamas in the 1970s and 1980s.The party was founded in 1971 by a group belonging to the youth organization of Progressive Liberal Party who were inspired by the Black Panther Party in the United States. In the 1977...
- Bahamian National Party
- Bahamas Democratic Party
- Bahamas Democratic MovementBahamas Democratic MovementThe Bahamas Democratic Movement was a liberal populist political party in the Bahamas without parliamentary representation.-Party formation:...