1968 Bahamian general election

none Bahamas parliamentary 1964 10 April 1968 1972 Bahamian general election 1972 1967 Bahamian general election 1967 All 38 seats in the House of Assembly 20 54,281 85.50% Lynden Pindling headshot 1971.jpg Lynden Pindling Progressive Liberal Party Andros – Kemps Bay 42.83%, 18 seats 29,156 66.51% 29 11 23.68pp 3x4.svg Roland Symonette UBP New Providence East - Shirlea 45.05%, 18 seats 12,371 28.22% 7 11 16.83pp Premier Lynden Pindling Progressive Liberal Party Lynden Pindling Progressive Liberal Party Early general elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 April 1968. The result was a victory for the Progressive Liberal Party, which won 29 seats.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p78 978-0-19-928357-6 Voter turnout was 85.5%.Colin A. Hughes (1981) Race and Politics in the Bahamas 978-0-312-66136-6 Results File:Bahamian House of Assembly election 1968.svg Progressive Liberal Party 29156 29 +11 United Bahamian Party 12371 7 –11 Labour Party 823 1 0 #ED1C24 Independents 1486 1 0 2575 0 54281 Caribbean Elections Elected MPs NumberNamePartyDistrictEthnicity1Cleophas AdderleyUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence – Nassau CityBlack2R.F.A. RobertsProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East - CentrevilleBlack3Roland SymonetteUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence East - ShirleaWhite4Arlington ButlerProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – CulmervilleBlack5Arthur HannaProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Anns TownBlack6S.L. BoweProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Free TownBlack7Geoffrey JohnstoneUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence East – Fort MontaguWhite8L.L. DavisProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Fox HillBlack9E.L. DonaldsonProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West - KillarneyBlack10Clement T. MaynardProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West - GambierBlack11C.C. McMillanProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West – Fort CharlotteBlack12Milo ButlerProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West – Bains TownBlack13Cecil Wallace-WhitfieldProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – St. AgnesBlack14Arthur FoulkesProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Grants TownBlack15J.M. ThompsonProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Fort FincastleBlack16J.J. ShepherdProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – St. MichaelsBlack17Randol FawkesLabour PartyNew Providence South – St. BarnabasBlack18Clifford DarlingProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South - EnglerstonBlack19E.S. MoxeyProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Coconut GroveBlack20Carlton FrancisProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – South BeachBlack21W.J. LevarityProgressive Liberal PartyGrand Bahama – West End & BiminiBlack22M.E. MooreProgressive Liberal PartyGrand BahamaBlack23Loftus RokerProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Nicholls Town & Berry IslandsBlack24C.A. BainProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Mangrove CayBlack25Lynden PindlingProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Kemps BayBlack26S.C. BootleProgressive Liberal PartyAbaco – Coopers TownBlack27Sherwin ArcherUnited Bahamian PartyAbaco – Marsh HarbourWhite28Norman SolomonUnited Bahamian PartyHarbour Island – St. George & Dunmore TownWhite29Alvin Rudolph BraynenIndependentHarbour Island – St. JohnsWhite30George ThompsonProgressive Liberal PartyEleuthera – Governors HarbourBlack31Preston AlburyProgressive Liberal PartyEleuthera – Rock SoundBlack32O.N. JohnsonProgressive Liberal PartyCat IslandBlack33George SmithProgressive Liberal PartyExuma – RollevilleWhite34Livingston CoakleyProgressive Liberal PartyExuma – George Town & Ragged IslandBlack35Peter GrahamUnited Bahamian PartyLong Island – North Long Island, Rum Cay & San SalvadorWhite36Donald D'albenasUnited Bahamian PartyLong Island – Clarence TownWhite37W.A. MossProgressive Liberal PartyCrooked Islands, Long Cay, & AcklinsBlack38J.R. FordProgressive Liberal PartyMayaguana & Inagua IslandsBlackSource: Hughes References Bahamas Category:1968 in the Bahamas Category:Elections in the Bahamas Bahamas