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The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, which received 57% of the vote and won 49 seats; the People's National Party remained the opposition party, losing 16 seats. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic , voter turnout was only 38%, [6] the lowest in an election since 1983 .
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka Lieba Paati) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in several other Commonwealth realms such as Australia , New Zealand ...
Jamaican political conflict. The Jamaican political conflict is a long-standing feud between right-wing and left-wing elements in the country, often exploding into violence. The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) have fought for control of the island for years and the rivalry has encouraged urban warfare in Kingston.
Jamaica We Party. Jerusalem Bread Foundation. National Labour Party. New Jamaica Alliance. People's Freedom Movement. People's Political Party – Jamaica's first party, founded by Marcus Mosiah Garvey in 1929. Progressive Labour Movement – merged with the People's Political Party soon after being founded in 1961. Republican Party. United ...
The 2024 Jamaican local government elections were held on 26 February 2024. ... Jamaica Labour Party: 301,043 47.80 –3.96 113 –18 7 -2
Politics in Jamaica takes place in the framework of a representative parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The 1962 Constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system whose political and legal traditions closely follow those of the United Kingdom. As the head of state, King Charles III - on the advice of the Prime Minister ...
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 ...
since 8 September 2022. Governor-General. Patrick L. Allen. since 26 February 2009. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, JLP. since 15 September 2020. President of the Senate. Thomas Tavares-Finson, JLP.