2016 Jamaican general election

2016 Jamaican general election

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All 63 seats in the House of Representatives
32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout48.4% (Decrease 4.8 pp)
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Andrew Holness Portia Simpson-Miller
Party JLP PNP
Last election 46.6%, 21 seats 53.4%, 42 seats
Seats won 32 31
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 11
Popular vote 437,178 433,629
Percentage 50.1% 49.7%
Swing Increase 3.5pp Decrease 3.7pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Portia Simpson-Miller
PNP

Prime Minister after election

Andrew Holness
JLP

General elections were held in Jamaica on 25 February 2016. The elections were largely a contest between the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The result was a narrow victory for the JLP, which won 32 of the 63 seats. One political commentator described the poll as "the closest election Jamaica has ever had".[1]

The JLP's share of the vote was the lowest for a winning party since 1962, when the JLP won 50.1% of the vote, and its resulting majority in the House of Representatives was the narrowest since the 1949 elections. A similarly close election occurred in 2007, in which two seats changed hands on recounts.[2][3]

  1. ^ "PM, JLP, political ombudsman remind J'cans that recount is normal process - News". The Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Jamaica Labour Party Wins General Election – Jamaica Information Service". jis.gov.jm. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  3. ^ "Jamaica General Election Results 2007". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2022-06-23.