2011 Jamaican general election

2011 Jamaican general election

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All 63 seats in the House of Representatives 32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.17% ( 8.29pp)
First party Second party   Leader Portia Simpson-Miller Andrew Holness Party PNP JLP Last election 49.64%, 28 seats 50.27%, 32 seats Seats won 42 21 Seat change 14 11 Popular vote 463,232 405,234 Percentage 52.96% 46.32% Swing 3.32pp 3.95pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Andrew Holness JLP Prime Minister after election Portia Simpson-Miller PNP

General elections were held in Jamaica on 29 December 2011. The elections were contested mainly between the nation's two major political parties, the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), led by Andrew Holness, and the Portia Simpson-Miller-led opposition People's National Party (PNP). The result was a landslide victory for the PNP which won 42 of the 63 seats, a two-thirds majority.^[1]