the Mace out of the House of Assembly window in protest against the unfair gerrymandering of constituency boundaries of the then United Bahamian Party (UBP) government. 2002 general elections The BDM contested 12 of the 40 parliamentary seats in the general elections of 2002, winning no seats and less than 1% of the total votes cast. Despite its poor performance at the polls, the BDM enjoys widespread admiration as well as criticism from the Bahamian public. Their support comes mainly from individuals under the age of 30. To date, the BDM has been unable to effectively mobilize and organize the under 30 group to show up at the polls and support the party. Critics of the BDM claim that Stuart and Smith often engage in radical political action to 'grandstand' and claim that this behavior ultimately precludes the organization from fading into obscurity. Prime Minister blocked from entering Parliament On 24 March 2005, Stuart and Smith again dominated the national news when they briefly prevented Prime Minister Perry Christie from accessing the House of Assembly. It was a dramatic end to a protest taking place in the immediate vicinity of the Parliament against the government's move to bring a resolution to Parliament, giving a government Member of Parliament (MP) more time to appeal a bankruptcy order against them. The BDM claimed that the government would be abusing its constitutional authority in passing the resolution. This argument had its basis on a requirement, in the Constitution of The Bahamas, that any MP who is declared bankrupt by the Courts must vacate his or her seat in the Parliament. Stuart and Smith were again arrested in the wake of the incident but the pair has yet to be charged before the Bahamian courts. Party dissolved On 13 April 2011, the party dissolved its constitution to join forces with the then-governing Free National Movement lead by Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham. Stuart contested the Bamboo town Seat for the Free National Movement but fell short by 340 votes of a win over Renward Wells. Six months after joining the Free National Movement, Stuart left the party because he didn't believe in the new leadership of the party under Hubert Minnis. Party revived On 6 July 2020, after nine years outside of the political arena, Cassius Stuart expressed the need for the party to return to the political scene. Much like before, the party claims