10.50pm: The overall totals so far for the referendum bills are:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 27,494, No 44,175; QUESTION 2 - Yes 20,742, No 51,130; QUESTION 3 - Yes 24,266, No 47,665; QUESTION 4 - Yes 15,133, No 56,609.
More constituency results from the referendum:
Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador
QUESTION 1 - Yes 239, No 295; QUESTION 2 - Yes 252, No 325; QUESTION 3 - Yes 270, No 310; QUESTION 4 - Yes 193, No 382.
Central & South Eleuthera
QUESTION 1 - Yes 476, No 740; QUESTION 2 - Yes 393, No 823; QUESTION 3 - Yes 419, No 797; QUESTION 4 - Yes 339, No 866.
North Eleuthera
QUESTION 1 - Yes 558, No 730; QUESTION 2 - Yes 406, No 852; QUESTION 3 - Yes 485, No 839; QUESTION 4 - Yes 293, No 951
The Exumas & Ragged Island
QUESTION 1 - Yes 527, No 607; QUESTION 2 - Yes 431, No 699; QUESTION 3 - Yes 488, No 635; QUESTION 4 - Yes 355, No 781
Long Island
QUESTION 1 - Yes 228, No 236; QUESTION 2 - Yes 192, No 266; QUESTION 3 - Yes 210, No 252; QUESTION 4 - Yes 138, No 322.
Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island & Long Cay
QUESTION 1 - Yes 148, No 211; QUESTION 2 - Yes 125, No 244; QUESTION 3 - Yes 132, No 230; QUESTION 4 - Yes 93, No 266.
9.40pm: More constituency results from the referendum:
Central Grand Bahama
QUESTION 1 - Yes 925, No 1921; QUESTION 2 - Yes 744, No 2071; QUESTION 3 - Yes 808, No 2003; QUESTION 4 - Yes 442, No 2397.
West Grand Bahama & Bimini
QUESTION 1 - Yes 744, No 1209; QUESTION 2 - Yes 554, No 1403; QUESTION 3 - Yes 639, No 1296; QUESTION 4 - Yes 503, No 1531.
Central & South Abaco
QUESTION 1 - Yes 737, No 591; QUESTION 2 - Yes 640, No 684; QUESTION 3 - Yes 628, No 697; QUESTION 4 - Yes 460, No 856.
North Abaco
QUESTION 1 - Yes 590, No 1357; QUESTION 2 - Yes 412, No 1526; QUESTION 3 - Yes 470, No 1460; QUESTION 4 - Yes 244, No 1684.
Mangrove Cay & South Andros
QUESTION 1 - Yes 268, No 434; QUESTION 2 - Yes 214, No 496; QUESTION 3 - Yes 238, No 459; QUESTION 4 - Yes 154, No 541
North Andros & Berry Islands
QUESTION 1 - Yes 369, No 456; QUESTION 2 - Yes 230, No 492; QUESTION 3 - Yes 240, No 489; QUESTION 4 - Yes 193, No 534
9.30pm: More referendum results:
Pinewood:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 716, No 1749; QUESTION 2 - Yes 483, No 1964; QUESTION 3 - Yes 619, No 1755; QUESTION 4 - Yes 425, No 2113.
Montagu:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 1315, No 1130; QUESTION 2 - Yes 1108, No 1342; QUESTION 3 - Yes 1183, No 1264; QUESTION 4 - Yes 849, No 1577.
Yamacraw:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 1331, No 1552; QUESTION 2 - Yes 1003, No 1892; QUESTION 3 - Yes 1182, No 1698; QUESTION 4 - Yes 754, No 2128.
Southern Shores:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 989, No 1642; QUESTION 2 - Yes 645, No 1885; QUESTION 3 - Yes 818, No 1851; QUESTION 4 - Yes 503, No 2077.
Marco City:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 918, No 1895; QUESTION 2 - Yes 640, No 2170; QUESTION 3 - Yes 804, No 2006; QUESTION 4 - Yes 467, No 2296.
Pineridge:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 713, No 1541; QUESTION 2 - Yes 493, No 1724; QUESTION 3 - Yes 652, No 1591; QUESTION 4 - Yes 344, No 1880.
8.40pm: The Tribune was still without the results of four of the 23 New Providence constituencies - Fort Charlotte, Fox Hill, Marathon and Sea Breeze - with Parliamentary Registration Department officials contending that totals still had to be signed off by presiding officers.
The Parliamentary Registration Department has suggested that all outstanding results should be made available at some point on Thursday.
See Thursday's Tribune for division-by-division results from all constituencies that have declared so far.
8.30pm: Official results for the Carmichael constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 947, No 2,039; QUESTION 2 - Yes 650, No 2,340; QUESTION 3 - Yes 800, No 2,198; QUESTION 4 - Yes 434, No 2,541.
8.25pm: Official results for the Bamboo Town constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 702, No 1,852; QUESTION 2 - Yes 541, No 2,106; QUESTION 3 - Yes 705, No 1,940; QUESTION 4 - Yes 341, No 2,339.
8.10pm: Official results for the Englerston constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 703, No 1,494; QUESTION 2 - Yes 530, No 1,652; QUESTION 3 - Yes 633, No 1,546; QUESTION 4 - Yes 379, No 1,809.
7.20pm: Official results for the Bain & Grants Town constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 648, No 1,531; QUESTION 2 - Yes 497, No 1,673; QUESTION 3 - Yes 550, No 1,575; QUESTION 4 - Yes 372, No 1,802.
6.45pm: Official results for the Golden Gates constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 961, No 1,644; QUESTION 2 - Yes 674, No 2,041; QUESTION 3 - Yes 931, No 1,858; QUESTION 4 - Yes 553, No 2235.
6.25pm: Official results for the Garden Hills constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 950, No 1,638; QUESTION 2 - Yes 628, No 1,966; QUESTION 3 - Yes 807, No 1,883; QUESTION 4 - Yes 533, No 2,171.
5.10pm: Official results for the Killarney constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 1,688, No 1,299; QUESTION 2 - Yes 1,371, No 1,658; QUESTION 3 - Yes 1,526, No 1,500; QUESTION 4 - Yes 1,104, No 1,862.
5.00pm: Official results for the Mount Moriah constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 1,170, No 1,671; QUESTION 2 - Yes 834, No 2,007; QUESTION 3 - Yes 1,027, No 1,835; QUESTION 4 - Yes 616, No 2,220.
4.40pm: Official results for the Centreville constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 757, No 1,437; QUESTION 2 - Yes 622, No 1,529; QUESTION 3 - Yes 771, No 1,520; QUESTION 4 - Yes 445, No 1,799.
4.35pm: Official results are now coming through. For the Golden Isles constituency:
QUESTION 1 - Yes 1,167, No 1,862; QUESTION 2 - Yes 793, No 2,236; QUESTION 3 - Yes 979, No 2,038; QUESTION 4 - Yes 543, No 2,483.
12.30pm: PRIME Minister Perry Christie broke his silence on the failure of the constitutional referendum, telling the House of Assembly on Wednesday morning that the “voice of the people has sounded in the land.”
He added that the results would be respected and honoured.
In the face of criticism from some quarters about the referendum process, the Prime Minister told Parliament that the vote was “fair, transparent and open.”
“And the result was certainly clear,” Mr. Christie added. “The voice of the people has sounded in the land. It needs to be respected and honoured. And it will be.”
He stressed that the referendum was mounted on bipartisan consensus and thanked members of the Constitutional Commission for their hard work getting the effort off the ground.
He said in the wake of the contentious referendum debate, citizens must somehow overcome their differences and unite to make the country better.
For more on this story, see Thursday’s Tribune
Wednesday 11am: PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sherlyn Hall has confirmed that officials at the parliamentary department are in the process of recounting ballots in the Gender Equality referendum on Wednesday and results are now expected at 2pm.
Unofficial results were not fully released to the public on Tuesday night, as the department was marred by many technical setbacks, marking the first time that full polling results have been withheld.
Both Mr. Hall and Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts have already conceded that all four constitutional amendments were rejected.
12.20am: THE four bills touted to bring gender equality to the Bahamas constitution were overwhelmingly rejected by voters at the polls yesterday.
However, the unofficial results were not fully released to the public last night as the parliamentary department was hit by numerous technical setbacks. It is the first time that full polling results have been withheld, instead Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall gave an estimation based on voting trends after only five constituencies.
Mr. Hall pointed to electricity outages and telecommunication issues when pressed for an explanation over the stalled process.
• See Wednesday's Tribune for full referendum coverage.
11.55pm: Unofficial results released by the Parliamentary Commissioner earlier: Bamboo Town
QUESTION 1 - Yes 800, No 1,851; QUESTION 2 - Yes 541, No 2,106; QUESTION 3 - Yes 705, No 1,937; QUESTION 4 - Yes 361, No 2,279.
11.45pm: Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall has said the results coming in so far indicate the four bills have been “rejected” by the Bahamian electorate. Despite complete results from just five constituencies, there will be no more results released tonight. Mr. Hall said that the team in Montagu have been unable to count votes due to a power outage and the fax machine at the Parliamentary Commission isn't working.
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