Fort Charlotte is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas created in 1967. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using a First past the post electoral system. It has been held by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) since 2021 and has Alfred Sears as its MP for the second nonconsecutive time.
| Fort Charlotte | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
 Fort Charlotte is number 24 | |
| District | New Providence |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1967 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | Progressive Liberal Party |
| Member(s) | Alfred Sears |
Boundaries
editThe constituency encompasses Chippingham (where its namesake Fort Charlotte is located) and Arawak Cay on the northern coast of New Providence. It is bordered by Killarney to the west and downtown Nassau to the east. It is one of the smallest constituencies.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Candidate | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | C. C. McMillan | PLP | ||
| 1972 | E. V. Thompson | PLP | ||
| 1977 | V. Grimes | PLP | ||
| 1982 | Franklyn Wilson | PLP | ||
| 1997 | Zhivargo Laing | FNM | ||
| 2002 | Alfred Sears | PLP | ||
| 2012 | Andre Rollins | PLP | ||
| 2017 | Mark Humes | FNM | ||
| 2021 | Alfred Sears | PLP | ||
Elections
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | Alfred Sears | ||||
| FNM | Drumeco Archer | ||||
| COI | Daphaney Johnson | New | |||
| BNC | Angela Cox | New | |||
| United Coalition | Nelda Fox | New | |||
| Independent | Fontella Chipman-Rolle | New | |||
| Independent | Percival Roberts | New | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNM | Mark Humes | 2,153 | 54.38 |  11.64
| ||
| PLP | Alfred Sears | 1,616 | 40.82 |  5.21
| ||
| DNA | Cindy Knowles | 172 | 4.35 | 6.88
| ||
| BCP | Lavita Thurston | 10 | 0.25 | New | ||
| BNC | Randy Rolle | 8 | 0.20 | New | ||
| Turnout | 3,959 |
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| Registered electors | ||||||
| FNM gain from PLP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | Andre Rollins | 2,127 | 46.03 | 6.18
| |
| FNM | Zhivargo Laing | 1,975 | 42.74 | 4.18
| |
| DNA | Mark Humes | 519 | 11.23 | New | |
| Turnout | 4,621 |
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| Registered electors | |||||
| PLP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | Alfred Sears | 1,794 | 52.21 | 6.31
| |
| FNM | Michael Barnett | 1,612 | 46.92 | 6.48
| |
| BDM | Charles Carroll | 30 | 0.87 | New | |
| Turnout | 3,436 |
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| Registered electors | |||||
| PLP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLP | Alfred Sears | 2,126 | 58.52 | 14.22
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| FNM | Zhivargo Laing | 1,469 | 40.44 | 15.02
| ||
| Coalition + Labor | Noel St. Claude | 38 | 1.05 | New | ||
| Turnout | 3,633 |
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| Registered electors | ||||||
| PLP gain from FNM | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNM | Zhivargo Laing | 1,858 | 55.46 | |||
| PLP | Franklyn Wilson | 1,484 | 44.3 |
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| Independent | Clarence E. Johnson | 8 | 0.24 | New | ||
| Turnout | 3,350 | |||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| FNM gain from PLP | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Jones Jr., Royston (7 September 2021). "VOTER DISPARITY: Seven constituencies have well over 6,000 registered voters". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Bahamas General Election 2017". Bahamas Local. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Devaney, Clunis (7 May 2007). "The Official General Election Results". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Fort Charlotte - History". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Sheet1". Retrieved 15 September 2021.