The Tribune

By CELESTE NIXON

Tribune Staff Reporter

cnixon@tribunemedia.net

THE PLP won a massive victory yesterday, and many of the faces that defined the first Christie administration are returning to the House of Assembly.

Bains Town and Grants Town incumbent Dr Bernard Nottage retained his seat.

Obediah Wilchcombe was re-elected in West End and Bimini and Melanie Griffin retained her seat in Yamacraw, as did Philip Davis in Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador.

Other PLP incumbents that were re-elected include Ryan Pinder in Elizabeth, Alfred Gray in MICAL, Glenys Hanna-Martin in Englerston, Shane Gibson in Golden Gates, and Fred Mitchell in Fox Hill.

Senator Michael Halkitis was elected to the Golden Isles constituency and Leslie Miller elected to Tall Pines.

Dr Anthony Moss is still the representative for Exumas and Ragged Island.

Fort Charlotte was won by first time PLP candidate Dr Andre Rollins and Kenred Dorsette in Southern Shores, while Picewell Forbes was re-elected in Mangrove Cay and South Andros.

Newcomers Dr Daniel Johnson and Dr Kendal Major won in Carmichael and Garden Hills.

Arnold Forbes won Mount Moriah, Dr Michael Darville Pineridge, Gregory Moss in Marco City and Dion Smith in Nassau Village.

PLP candidate Renward Wells was the winner for the hotly contested Bamboo Town seat.

Incoming Prime Minister Perry Christie was re-elected in Centreville.

PLP candidate Dr Perry Gomez won North Andros and Berry Islands, and his colleague Khaalis Rolle took Pine Wood, while former Senator Hope Strachan won in Seabreeze.

PLP Cleola Hamilton won South Beach, Jerome Fitzergerald Marathon,

The FNM won three seats in New Providence with Hubert Chipman securing the St Anne's constituency, Dr Hubert Minnis Killarney and Richard Lightbourn Montagu.

The FNM won the majority of the seats in the Family Islands with Edison Key re-elected in the Central and South Abaco, Neko Grant in the Central Grand Bahama, Loretta Butler-Turner in Long Island and Peter Turnquest in East Grand Bahama.

The FNM won both seats in Eleuthera - Howard Johnson in Central and South Eleuthera and Theo Neilly in North Eleuthera.