The Free National Movement (FNM) ratified all 38 of its candidates for the upcoming general elections last night at its headquarters on Mackey Street.
This came a day after the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) ratified all 38 of its candidates.
Many of the FNM candidates are first-timers to politics.
"The wealth of talent among those seeking nomination has made our selection process difficult, very difficult," said FNM Leader Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham last night.
"In the end, choices had to be made.  There are only so many constituencies; there are only so many vacancies.
"We in the party executive believe that we have chosen the best slate of candidates to contest the 2012 general elections, to win re-election to office and to equip us to continue to provide honest, accountable and transparent government for the Bahamian people."
The party ratified eight women: Ella Lewis (Centreville), Caron Shepherd (Englerston), Shonel Ferguson (Fox Hill), Heather Hunt (Marathon), Monique Gomez (South Beach), Karen Butler (Tall Pines), Pakesia Edgecombe (West Grand Bahama and Bimini) and Loretta Butler-Turner (Long Island).
As reported, six present members of Parliament are seeking re-election in new constituencies. Desmond Bannister will run in North Andros and the Berry Islands; Phenton Neymour in Exuma and Ragged Island; Loretta Butler-Turner in Long Island; Sidney Collie in MICAL; Kenyatta Gibson in Southern Shores and Zhivargo Laing in Fort Charlotte.
List of FNM candidates
Hubert Chipman        St. Anne's
John Bostwick           Bain Town and Grants Town
Cassius Stuart           Bamboo Town
Darron Cash             Carmichael
Ella Lewis                 Centreville
Duane Sands            Elizabeth
Caron Shephard        Englerston
Shonel Ferguson        Fox Hill
Zhivargo Laing          Ft. Charlotte
Brensil Rolle             Garden Hills
Winsome Miller        Golden Gates
Charles Maynard       Golden Isles
Hubert Minnis           Killarney
Heather Hunt            Marathon
Richard Lightbourne    Montagu
Tommy Turnquest      Mt. Moriah
Basil Moss                  Nassau Village
Byron Woodside         Pinewood
Carl Bethel              Sea Breeze
Monique Gomez        South Beach
Kenyatta Gibson        Southern Shores
Karen Butler             Tall Pines
Dion Foulkes            Yamacraw
Grand Bahama
Neko Grant         Central Grand Bahama
Peter Turnquest        East Grand Bahama
Kwasi Thompson        Pineridge
Norris Bain             Marco City
Pakesia Edgecombe    West Grand Bahama and Bimini
Family Islands
Hubert Ingraham        North Abaco
Edison Key                 South Abaco
Desmond Bannister    North Andros and Berry Islands
Ronald Bostfield         Mangrove Cay and South Andros
Michael Pintard          Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador
Theo Neilly                North Eleuthera
Howard Johnson        Central and South Eleuthera
Phenton Neymour       Exuma and Ragged Island
Loretta Butler-Turner   Long Island
Sidney Collie              MICAL   

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