Early general elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 April 1968.Thirty-eight seats were contested and the final result was the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) winning 29 seats, the United Bahamian Party (UBP) winning 7 seats, the Labour Party winning 1 seat (Randol Fawkes) and 1 seat being won by an independent candidate (Alvin Braynen).
The landslide victory was the first election in which the PLP won a majority of seats in an election. Lynden Pindling would continue as Premier of the Bahama Islands.
The crushing defeat for the UBP would lead to its merging with the Free Progressive Liberal Party – a breakaway group of the PLP – in 1971 to form a new party, the Free National Movement (FNM).
Details
- Date of Issue: 2 December 1968
- Date Withdrawn: 1 March 1969
- Date Invalidated:
- Designer:
- Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd
- Process: Recess
- Paper: Metallic Gold
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 13.5 (comb)
- Plates:
- 1A (2c, 12c, 15c)
- 1B ($1)
- Sheet: R5 x 10 (50)
- Quantity:
Subject
- 3c – $100 Gold Coin
- 12c – $50 Gold Coin
- 15c – $20 Gold Coin
- $1 – $10 Gold Coin