 Ingraham turned the party leadership over to Tommy Turnquest in 2002, but in 2007, due partly to the Anna Nicole Smith scandal, he returned to lead the FNM to victory again by a five-seat margin.Due to the inefficiency of the Ingraham government, Christie's PLP regained the government in a massive landslide in 2012.The Christie government was once more libel to charges of massive corruption, and in 2017, there was an even bigger swing back to the FNM, leaving the PLP with a mere four seats in the parliament

The Bahamas is a constitutional monarchy based on the Westminster system of parliamentary government.