Freetown | |
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Constituency | |
![]() Freetown is number 21 on the map | |
District | New Providence |
Population | 12,943 |
Electorate | 4,869 |
Area | 11.26 km² |
Current constituency | |
Seats | 1 |
Party | Progressive Liberal Party |
Member(s) | Wayne Munroe |
Freetown (previously Montagu) [1] is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas. It is located in the eastern part of the island of New Providence. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Wayne Munroe. [2] [3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1992 | William C. Allen | Free National | |
2002 | Brent Symonette | Free National | |
2007 | Loretta Butler-Turner | Free National | |
2012 | Richard Lightbourne | Free National | |
Constituency renamed Freetown | |||
2017 | Dionisio D'Aguilar | Free National | |
2021 | Wayne Munroe | Progressive Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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PLP | Wayne Munroe | 1,629 | 52.75 | ![]() | ||
FNM | Dionisio D'Aguilar | 1,220 | 39.51 | ![]() | ||
COI | Patrice Hanna-Carey | 199 | 6.44 | |||
United Coalition Movement | Shammine Lindsay | 27 | 0.87 | |||
Grand Commonwealth Party | Shamicka Dean | 13 | 0.42 | |||
Turnout | 3,088 | 63.42 | ||||
PLP gain from FNM |