1972 Bahamian general election

none Bahamas parliamentary 1964 19 September 1972 1977 Bahamian general election 1977 1968 Bahamian general election 1968 All 38 seats in the House of Assembly 20 57,071 Lynden Pindling headshot 1971.jpg Lynden Pindling Progressive Liberal Party Andros – Kemps Bay 66.51%, 18 seats 29,628 59.00% 29 7.51pp 3x4.svg Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Free National Movement None 28.22%, 7 seats 19,736 39.30% 9 2 11.08pp Prime Minister Lynden Pindling Progressive Liberal Party Lynden Pindling Progressive Liberal Party General elections were held in the Bahamas on 19 September 1972.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p78 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the Progressive Liberal Party, which won 57.9% of the vote and 29 of the 38 seats.Colin A. Hughes (1981) Race and Politics in the Bahamas 978-0-312-66136-6 Results File:Bahamian House of Assembly election 1972.svg Progressive Liberal Party 29628 29 0 Free National Movement 19736 9 +2 Commonwealth Labour Party 254 0 New Independents 598 0 –1 0 57071 Caribbean Elections Elected MPs #NamePartyDistrict Ethnicity1Cleophas AdderleyFree National MovementNew Providence – Nassau CityBlack2R.F.A. RobertsProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East - CentrevilleBlack3Roland SymonetteFree National MovementNew Providence East - ShirleaWhite4Arlington ButlerProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – CulmervilleBlack5Arthur HannaProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Anns TownBlack6S.L. BoweProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Free TownBlack7Kendal IsaacsFree National MovementNew Providence East – Fort MontaguBlack8L.L. DavisProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Fox HillBlack9C.C. ArmbristerProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West - KillarneyBlack10Clement T. MaynardProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West - GambierBlack11E.V. ThompsonProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West – Fort CharlotteBlack12Milo ButlerProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West – Bains TownBlack13B.C. BraynenProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – St. AgnesBlack14F.R. WilsonProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Grants TownBlack15A.T. MaycockProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Fort FincastleBlack16George MackeyProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – St. MichaelsBlack17S.S. OuttenProgressive Liberal 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 BeachBlack21H.J. BowdenProgressive Liberal PartyGrand Bahama – West End & BiminiBlack22K.W. NottageProgressive Liberal PartyGrand BahamaBlack23Loftus RokerProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Nicholls Town & Berry IslandsBlack24D.E. RolleProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Mangrove CayBlack25Lynden PindlingProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Kemps BayBlack26S.C. BootleProgressive Liberal PartyAbaco – Coopers TownBlack27E.W.I. WatkinsFree National MovementAbaco – Marsh HarbourBlack28Norman SolomonFree National MovementHarbour Island – St. George & Dunmore TownWhite29Noel RobertsFree National MovementHarbour Island – St. JohnsWhite30P.M. BethelProgressive Liberal PartyEleuthera – Governors HarbourBlack31Preston AlburyProgressive Liberal PartyEleuthera – Rock SoundBlack32O.N. JohnsonProgressive Liberal PartyCat IslandBlack33George SmithProgressive Liberal PartyExuma – RollevilleWhite34Livingston CoakleyProgressive Liberal PartyExuma – George Town & Ragged IslandBlack35Cyril FountainFree National MovementLong Island – North Long Island, Rum Cay & San SalvadorWhite36Mike LightbournFree National MovementLong Island – Clarence TownWhite37C.F. TynesFree National MovementCrooked Islands, Long Cay, & AcklinsBlack38J.R. FordProgressive Liberal PartyMayaguana & Inagua IslandsBlackSource: Hughes References Bahamas Category:1972 in the Bahamas Category:Elections in the Bahamas Bahamas Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results