Fort Charlotte (Bahamas Parliament constituency)

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

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.

Boundaries

The 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

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

General Election 2021: Fort Charlotte ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PLP	Alfred Sears	2,077	63.23	22.41
	FNM	Drumeco Archer	910	27.70	26.68
	COI	Daphaney Johnson	154	4.69	New
	Independent (politician)	Fontella Chipman-Rolle	96	2.92	New
	United Coalition	Nelda Fox	23	0.70	New
	BNC	Angela Cox	13	0.40	New
	Independent	Percival Roberts	12	0.37	New
Turnout			3,285	65.99
Registered electors			4,978
	PLP gain from FNM

General Election 2017: Fort Charlotte ^[3]

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
Registered electors
	FNM gain from PLP

General Election 2012: Fort Charlotte ^[4]

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
Registered electors
	PLP hold

General Election 2007: Fort Charlotte ^[5]

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
Registered electors
	PLP hold

General Election 2002: Fort Charlotte ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PLP	Alfred Sears	2,126	58.52	14.22
	FNM	Zhivargo Laing	1,469	40.44	15.02
	Coalition + Labor	Noel St. Claude	38	1.05	New
Turnout			3,633
Registered electors
	PLP gain from FNM

General Election 1997: Fort Charlotte ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FNM	Zhivargo Laing	1,858	55.46
	PLP	Franklyn Wilson	1,484	44.3
	Independent	Clarence E. Johnson	8	0.24	New
Turnout			3,350
Registered electors
	FNM gain from PLP

References

1. Jones Jr., Royston (7 September 2021). "VOTER DISPARITY: Seven constituencies have well over 6,000 registered voters". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
2. https://www.bahrep.com/elections/2021/
3. "Bahamas General Election 2017". Bahamas Local. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
5. Devaney, Clunis (7 May 2007). "The Official General Election Results". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
6. "Fort Charlotte - History". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
7. "Sheet1" . Retrieved 15 September 2021.

See also

• Constituencies of the Bahamas