The Bahamian Democratic Party was a political party in the

Bahamas The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...

. It was founded as a split from

Free National Movement The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in the Bahamas formed in the early 1970s and led by Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Michael Pintard and the current deputy leader is Shanendon C ...

in 1975 and was led by John Henry Bostwick. The party contested the 1977 general elections, in which it received 27% of the vote and won six seats,

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp79–82 becoming the largest opposition party in the

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. As a result, Bostwick was appointed

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. The party eventually merged with

in 1981.

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