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Partial researchResearch snapshot 2026-09-13. Evidence gaps remain; see Coverage for requirements.

Office briefing

Ragged Island — District council — direct election

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Bahamas · Ragged Island / Family Islands / Grand Bahama · other · District council — direct electionBS-D-RAGGED-ISLAND

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Statutory direct vote: third Wednesday of June 2027, calculated as 16 June. Later amendments, orders and the 2026 parliamentary polling-division redistribution require boundary reconciliation. 2025/2022/2017 returns remain missing.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
Ragged Island / Family Islands / Grand Bahama
Next election
2027-06-16
Linked upcoming event
next-bbfd5634a0fe52bde30cc434
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2027-06-16 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

No selected historical cycles are supplied.

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Withheld

Unknown0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · Statutory direct vote: third Wednesday of June 2027, calculated as 16 June. Later amendments, orders and the 2026 parliamentary polling-division redistribution require boundary reconciliation. 2025/2022/2017 returns remain missing.

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=null, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=null

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Latest interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Previous interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Both intervals mean · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

No officeholder observation supplied.

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • registry gap · open

    Office registered from enacted schedule; results not yet imported: Statutory direct vote: third Wednesday of June 2027, calculated as 16 June. Later amendments, orders and the 2026 parliamentary polling-division redistribution require boundary reconciliation. 2025/2022/2017 returns remain missing.

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “Ragged Island — District council — direct election.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/BS-D-RAGGED-ISLAND. Sources: bahamas--url-158393bebe384ef11e9f8cd5.