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Jamaica |
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Area: 10,991 sq km (4,243 sq miles) | Population: 2.7 million (UN, 2010)
Capital City: Kingston |
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| Head of State |
Inherited monarchy with a Governor General appointed by the British Monarch |
| Head of Government |
Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor General |
| Structure of Parliament |
Bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 21 seats and the House of Representatives with 60 seats. |
| Electoral Law |
1 January 1900;
Last amendment: 16/01/1989 |
| Constituencies |
63 single-member constituencies. |
| Voting System |
In the Senate, 21 members are appointed by the governor-general. In House of Representatives, 63 members are elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term The governor-general appoints members of the Senate on recommendation by the Prime Minister and leader of the opposing party. The ruling party is given 13 seats in the Senate, while the minority party is allotted 8 seats. |
| Term of Office |
5 years |
| Voter Requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Jamaican or British Commonwealth citizenship
- residency in the country (during 12 months prior to the compilation of the register of electors for British Commonwealth citizens)
- disqualifications: insanity, death sentence, imprisonment for 6 months or more, conviction of electoral fraud, persons holding certain offices connected with the elections
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| Candidate Eligibility and Requirements |
Qualified electors
- age: 21 years
- Jamaican or British Commonwealth citizenship
- residency in the country during 12 months immediately preceding the nomination
- ineligibility: allegiance to a foreign State, undischarged bankrupts
- nomination between 23 and 16 days before elections
- support of at least 10 qualifed electors
- deposit of $Jam.100 reimbursed if the candidate polls at least 1/8 of the total votes cast |
| Electoral Authority |
Electoral Commission of Jamaica |
| Last Elections |
29 December 2011 |
| Next Elections |
December 2016 |
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| Jamaica Labour Party or JLP [Bruce GOLDING] |
| People's National Party or PNP [Portia SIMPSON-MILLER] |
| National Democratic Movement or NDM [Michael WILLIAMS] |
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| Year |
Specific Date |
Election Type |
View Results |
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| 1944 |
14 December 1944 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1949 |
20 December 1949 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1955 |
12 January 1955 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1959 |
28 July 1959 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1962 |
10 April 1962 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1967 |
21 February 1967 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1972 |
29 February 1972 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1976 |
15 December 1976 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1980 |
30 October 1980 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1983 |
15 December 1983 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1989 |
9 February 1989 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1993 |
30 March 1993 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 1997 |
18 December 1997 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 2002 |
16 October 2002 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
| 2007 |
3 September 2007 |
Parliamentary |
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Electoral Office of Jamaica |
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