1980 Jamaican general election

none Jamaica parliamentary 1976 Jamaican general election 1976 1983 Jamaican general election 1983 30 October 1980 All 60 seats in the House of Representatives 31 86.91% ( 1.70pp) File:Seaga_at_AFB_Andrews_(cropped).jpeg Edward Seaga Jamaica Labour Party 23 November 1974 Kingston Western 43.23%, 13 seats 51 38 502,115 58.88% 15.65 File:Michael_Manley.jpg Michael Manley People's National Party 1969 Port Royal 56.77%, 47 seats 9 38 417,768 41.05% 15.72 pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Michael Manley People's National Party Edward Seaga Jamaica Labour Party General elections were held in Jamaica on 30 October 1980.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p430 978-0-19-928357-6 The balance of power in the 60-seat Jamaican House of Representatives was dramatically-shifted. Prior to the vote, the People's National Party (PNP), led by Prime Minister Michael Manley, had a 47–13 majority over the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), led by Edward Seaga. With the loss by 38 PNP incumbents to their JLP challengers, Seaga's party captured a 51–9 majority and Seaga replaced Manley as Prime Minister of Jamaica. Voter turnout was 87%. Conduct The elections were marked by gun violence, exacerbated by economic pressure related to IMF austerity, lay-offs of public workers, and blackouts due to a national electric strike.https://web.archive.org/web/20230503010016/https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/the-bloody-general-election-that-changed-jamaica/ 2023-05-03 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/The-bloody-general-election-that-changed-Jamaica The bloody general election that changed Jamaica Jamaica Observer 30 October 2012 H.G. Helps 153 elderly women died in the Eventide Home fire on 20 May, which was suspected, but not proven, to have been started by politically-motivated arsonists.Remembering the Eventide Home fire victims Jamaica Observer, 21 May 2018 Results File:Jamaican Parliament 1980.svg Jamaica Labour Party 502115 51 +38 People's National Party 350064 9 –38 Independents 527 0 New 0 8040 990417 Nohlen References General Category:General elections in Jamaica Jamaica