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  Free National Movement
POLITICAL PARTY DETAILS
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AbbreviationFNM
Websitehttp://ourfnm.org/
CountryBahamas, The
Established1971-10-20
Disbanded0000-00-00
Contributor411 Name Removed
Last EditedIndyGeorgia - September 15, 2021 10:33pm
DescriptionRight-of-center opposition party formed in 1972 through a merger between the United Bahamian Party (UBP), controlled by British-descended politicians (launched in 1958) and the "Free PLP", alienated Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) members dissatisfied with the authoritarian direction of their party (also called "The Dissident Eight").

Party was founded by former PLP member, Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield.

The FNM took control of the government for the first time following the August 19, 1992 general elections, taking 33 out of 49 seats in the National Assembly.

Party held on again briefly beginning in 2007 then won a landslide 35 out of 39 Assembly seats after the May 10, 2017 elections.

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MOST RECENT RACES
11/27/2021 FNM Party Leader Michael Pintard Won 64.43% (+38.39%)
11/27/2021 FNM Party Leader Kwasi Thompson Lost 26.03% (-38.39%)
11/27/2021 FNM Party Leader Iram Lewis Lost 9.54% (-54.88%)
09/17/2021 Bahamas Leader of the Opposition Hubert Minnis Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis Lost 17.95% (-64.10%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Carmichael T. Desmond Bannister Lost 40.70% (-8.10%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Englerston Quintin Percentie Lost 16.68% (-58.64%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Long Island Adrian Gibson Won 54.90% (+11.61%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - North Andros & Berry Islands Carlton Bowleg, Jr. Lost 42.66% (-12.89%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Tall Pines Donald Saunders Lost 28.59% (-29.34%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas House of Assembly - Party Standings Free National Movement Lost 17.95% (-64.10%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador Felicia Knowles Lost 28.61% (-41.20%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Fort Charlotte Drumerco Archer Lost 27.70% (-35.53%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Mangrove Cay & South Andros D'Angelo Ferguson Lost 35.93% (-22.10%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Pineridge Welbourne Bootle Lost 24.94% (-15.11%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Exumas & Ragged Island Jennifer A. Isaacs-Dotson Lost 26.97% (-45.62%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Central & South Abaco Vandea Stuart Lost 37.58% (-3.96%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Fox Hill John A. Pinder Lost 24.96% (-40.76%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Marathon Romauld "Romi" Ferreira Lost 27.01% (-35.62%)
09/16/2021 Bahamas MP - Pinewood Reuben Rahming Lost 28.03% (-23.18%)