2021 Bahamian general election
[1] Around two hours after the polls closed, and results started to trickle in, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis conceded defeat, after results showed his party Free National Movement losing several seats they previously held.[2] On 17 September Philip Davis of the Progressive Liberal Party was sworn in as prime minister.[4] At dissolution, the FNM was down four seats on their 2017 result; House Speaker Halson Moultrie, Reece Chipman, and Frederick McAlpine left the party to sit and run for re-election as independents, whilst Vaughn Miller defected to the PLP.[14][15] House Speaker Moultrie formed an electoral alliance of independent and third party candidates.[16] The elections were observed by several teams including the Caribbean Community, the Commonwealth and the Organisation of American States.