1997 Bahamian general election
{{Politics of the Bahamas}}
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 14 March 1997.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p78 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}} The result was a victory for the Free National Movement, which won 34 of the 40 seats. Hubert Ingraham was sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister on 18 March.[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2021_97.htm Bahamas: Elections held in 1997] Inter-Parliamentary Union
As of 2023, this is the most recent time that a Prime Minister has been re-elected for a second consecutive term in the Bahamas.
Results
{{Election results
|image=File:Bahamas Assemblée 1997.svg
|party1=Free National Movement|votes1=68766|seats1=34|sc1=+1
|party2=Progressive Liberal Party|votes2=49932|seats2=6|sc2=–10
|party3=Independents|votes3=475|seats3=0|sc3=New
|invalid=1900
|total_sc=–9
|electorate=129946
|source=[http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bs/elections/bs_results_1997.asp Caribbean Elections]
}}
===Elected MPs===
| class="sortable wikitable sortable" |
| Number
!Name !Party !District !Ethnicity |
|---|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 10 |
| 11 |
| 12 |
| 13 |
| 14 |
| 15 |
| 16 |
| 17 |
| 18 |
| 19 |
| 20 |
| 21 |
| 22 |
| 23 |
| 24 |
| 25 |
| 26 |
| 27 |
| 28 |
| 29 |
| 30 |
| 31 |
| 32 |
| 33 |
| 34 |
| 35
|Eleuthera – North Eleuthera, Spanish Wells, & Harbour Island |
| 36 |
| 37 |
| 38 |
| 39 |
| 40 |
| align=left colspan=5|Source: [http://www.electionpassport.com Election Passport] |