[1] In the 1977 elections it put up five candidates, but received only 55 votes and failed to win a seat.
John T. McCartney became party president in 1979, and whilst it improved its performance in the 1982 elections, with 18 candidates receiving 181 votes, it still failed to win a seat.
Carey came bottom in the poll, below the Workers' Party.
The party was never taken seriously by most Bahamian voters, a fact reflected in their abysmal vote totals.
Every single candidate that ever ran on behalf of the party lost their deposit (their 1982 manifesto called for its elimination).