Political parties in the Bahamas may be "classified", "nonclassified", or "unclassified". Classified parties are "major" or "minor" depending on electoral performance and competitive ability.

Parties represented in Parliament

Classification of Bahamian Political Parties

Classified Major

Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party (abbreviated PLP) is a populist and social liberal party in the Bahamas. Philip Davis is the leader of the party. History The PLP was founded in 1953 by William Cartwright, Cyril Stevenson, and Henry Milton Tay ...

(PLP) *

Free National Movement The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in The Bahamas formed in the early 1970s, led by Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Michael Pintard and his deputy Peter Turnquest. It dominated the ...

(FNM) * Bahamas Democratic Party (BDP) *

United Bahamian party The United Bahamian Party (UBP) 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.Dieter Nohlen (2005), ...

(UBP) * Bahama Democrat Labour Party (BDLP)

Classified Minor: Macro

Bahamas Constitution Party The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the arch ...

(BCP) * Democratic National Alliance (DNA) *

Coalition for Democratic Reform A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

(CDR)

Classified Minor: Micro

* The People's Movement (TPM) *

Bahamas National Coalition Party The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the arch ...

(BNCP) *

(BCP) * God's People Party (GPP) *

Vanguard Nationalist & Socialist Party The vanguard (also called the advance guard) is the leading part of an advancing military formation. It has a number of functions, including seeking out the enemy and securing ground in advance of the main force. History The vanguard derives fr ...

(VNSP)

Nonclassified: NANO

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

New

*Bahamian Way Forward Movement (BWFM) *

Coalition of Independents Political parties in the Bahamas may be "classified", "nonclassified", or "unclassified". Classified parties are "major" or "minor" depending on electoral performance and competitive ability. Parties represented in Parliament Classification of ...

(COI) *

Grand Commonwealth Party Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and c ...

(GCP) *Kingdom Government Movement (KGM) *

Justice Labour Party Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

(JLP) *Righteous Government Movement (RGM) *United Coalition (independents)

Unclassified Political Parties (defunct)

United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party (UBP) 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.Dieter Nohlen (2005), ...

(UBP) * National Development Party (NDP) * National Democratic Party * Bahama Democrat Labour Party (BDLP) *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(SDP) * Workers Party (WP) *

(CDR) *

(VNSP) *

Bahamian National Party Bahamian may refer to anything of or from The Bahamas, an island country located in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cuba. * Bahamians, citizens of the Bahamas and descendants of the Bahamian diaspora * Bahamian English, a dialect of English spoken ...

(BNP) * Bahamas Democratic Party (BDP) * Commonwealth Democratic Party (CDP)

References

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Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...