| Parliament name |
Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name |
House of Assembly |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Senate
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
31 December 1969
Last amendment: 10/01/1992 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 39 |
| Constituencies |
39 single-member constituencies. |
| Voting system |
Majority:
Simple majority vote (single-member plurality system, first past the post)
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by-elections.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Bahamas citizenship
- 3 months minimum residence in constituency
- disqualifications: insanity, imprisonment, sentence of death |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- age: 21 years
- Bahamas citizenship
- one year minimum residence in country immediately before nomination
- ineligibility: undischarged bankruptcy, insanity, allegiance to a foreign State, electoral fraud, criminal conviction, sentence of death or imprisonment |
| Incompatibilities |
- judges
- public officers (for more than three months)
- armed forces of the Crown
- employment on personal staff of Governor-General or in the Ministry of Tourism
|
| Candidacy requirements |
- nomination by four electors
- payment of 400 B$, reimbursed if the candidate obtains 1/6 or more of constituency votes |
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