Bahamas

Bahamas PM Davis Wins Historic Reelection Landslide

Is this a mandate for progress or a second chance to deliver on broken promises?

MAY 13·Updated OCT 5

Bahamas PM Davis Wins Historic Reelection Landslide

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Above: Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis speaks at the U.N. in New York City on Sept. 27, 2025. Image credit: David Dee Delgado/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Facts

Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis and his Progressive Liberal Party won reelection on Wednesday, becoming the first party to secure consecutive general election victories in the Bahamas since 1997, with the PLP projected to win more than 30 of 41 parliamentary seats.
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Davis called the election ahead of its scheduled October date to avoid the Atlantic hurricane season. Both the 2025 vote and the 2021 election, which first brought Davis to power, were called early.
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The Free National Movement secured eight seats, with opposition leader Michael Pintard conceding defeat. Both the FNM's chairman, Dr. Duane Sands, and its deputy leader, Shanendon Cartwright, lost their races.
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The Nassau Guardian
Former NBA champion Rick Fox, running as the FNM candidate in Garden Hills, lost to incumbent Mario Bowleg. Former Prime Minister Hubert Minnis also failed to retain a seat he had held for nearly 20 years after running as an independent.
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Voters went to the polls amid concerns over housing affordability and stagnant wages. The International Monetary Fund noted in 2025 that while the government had taken steps to ease housing shortages, room remained for additional public spending on housing.
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International observers from the Commonwealth, the Organization of American States, the U.S. government and CARICOM monitored the election. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and regional leaders including Jamaica's Andrew Holness and Barbados' Mia Mottley congratulated Davis on his win.
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The Spin

Pro-government narrative

Philip Davis just made history, becoming the first Bahamian prime minister in nearly 30 years to lead his party to back-to-back election wins. The PLP crushed the opposition, securing 33 seats and a clear mandate to keep building on real progress. Voters chose stability over a reset, and that verdict couldn't be more decisive.

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Government-critical narrative

Davis rode a landslide to a second term, but his record tells a messier story. Freedom of Information, integrity legislation and campaign finance reform were all promised and never delivered. Now the government is taking over Grand Bahama's power company, and residents are already worried the same reliability problems plaguing Bahamas Power and Light will follow.