In national elections last week, Bahamian voters threw out the existing government in a 90% turnout and brought back former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham's Free National Movement, with 24 of the 41 House of Assembly seats.
Outgoing Prime Minister Perry Christie's Progressive Liberal Party campaigned on its economic record, but the FNM attacked the government on ethical grounds.
Ingraham was prime minister from 1992 to 2002. He told supporters after the result became known: "We will devote all of our energies to the continued development of our nation in every respect -- economic, political, social and cultural. We ask our political opponents and all Bahamians to join us in this endeavor."
Christie and Ingraham are both lawyers and even used to be partners in the same firm. After a landslide result in the 2002 election, the PLP held 29 seats, the FNM 7, and Independents, 4.
Commentators say that the Anna Nicole Smith affair caused a major swing against Christie's government. There had been allegations that her residency permit had been irregularly fast-tracked.
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