2011 Jamaican general election

none August 2014 January 2020 Jamaica parliamentary 2007 Jamaican general election 2007 2016 Jamaican general election 2016 All 63 seats in the House of Representatives 32 2011 12 29 yes 53.17% ( 8.29pp) Andrew Holness, 2020 (cropped).jpg 115 113 150 0 0 Andrew Holness Jamaica Labour Party 50.27%, 32 seats 21 11 405,234 46.32% 3.95pp Portia Miller Shoot.Jpeg 125 113 150 0 0 Portia Simpson-Miller People's National Party 49.64%, 28 seats 42 14 463,232 52.96% 3.32pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Andrew Holness Jamaica Labour Party Portia Simpson-Miller People's National Party Jamaica_general_election_2011_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg Results by constituency 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.https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20111230/lead/lead1.html BLOWOUT: PNP 41 - JLP 22 jamaica-gleaner.com Background Since the previous elections in 2007, the number of seats had been increased from 60 (an even number) to 63 (an odd number). The close results of the 2007 general election spurred the change as the Electoral Commission concluded that a tie would not be resolved.An odd number of votes ensures that a decision is made, no tie is possible. Opinion polls Opinion polls indicated a slim lead for the opposition PNP six days before the election.https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20111223/lead/lead1.html PNP comeback Jamaica Gleaner 23 December 2011 31 December 2011http://news.cvmtv.com/index.php?id=137&news=watch News | Investigative | Current Affair | CVM Television News.cvmtv.com 21 December 2011 31 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120111143154/http://news.cvmtv.com/index.php?id=137&news=watch 11 January 2012 dead dmy-all The win by the PNP shocked even its leaders, such as Peter Phillips who said that "the results certainly exceeded our most optimistic scenarios".http://www.about-jamaica.com/jamaica_election_2011.html Jamaica Election Results 2 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207183214/http://www.about-jamaica.com/jamaica_election_2011.html 7 February 2012 dead dmy-all Reports from the Electoral Office of Jamaica indicated that only just over 50 per cent of the entire voting population voted on Election Day, meaning that it was possible for the lower-than-usual voter turnout to have thrown off opinion polls' predictions for the result. Results The People's National Party (PNP) secured 42 seats out of 63 in a result described as a landslide victory.Dominating victory in Jamaica elections even surprises winning opposition side https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/dominating-victory-in-jamaica-elections-even-surprises-winning-opposition-side/2011/12/30/gIQA6aZ8QP_story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120101034544/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/dominating-victory-in-jamaica-elections-even-surprises-winning-opposition-side/2011/12/30/gIQA6aZ8QP_story.html dead 1 January 2012 31 December 2011 Washington Post 30 December 2011 No minor parties won seats in the new Parliament. As a result, the PNP ended four years of rule for the Labour Party, which won 21 seats. Several Labour Party cabinet ministers lost their seats, including National Security Minister Dwight Nelson and Energy Minister Clive Mullings. As a result, Portia Simpson-Miller assumed the role of Prime Minister for the second time in 5 years and Andrew Holness became one of the shortest-serving Prime Ministers in the history of Jamaica.Helps Horace https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jamaica-election-idUSTRE7BS0K120111230 Bad economy puts Jamaica opposition back in power Reuters 31 December 2011 Polling was reported to have proceeded fairly smoothly, despite glitches with fingerprint scanners at some polling stations, and without the violence that has marred previous elections.Jamaica People's National Party secures big poll win https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16352120 31 December 2011 BBC News 30 December 2011 The Organization of American States sent an observation mission to oversee the elections and they reported that they had not witnessed "any disturbances or any issues that would cause us any serious concern". File:Jamaican Parliament 2011.svg People's National Party 464064 42 +14 Jamaica Labour Party 405920 21 –11 Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party 420 0 New National Democratic Movement 263 0 0 Jamaica Alliance Movement 57 0 New Independents 228 0 0 +3 5358 1648036 Electoral Commission of Jamaica By constituency The results by constituency:Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica Elections 2011 http://www.jamaicaelections.com/general/2011/results/resultsummary.php 2025-06-09 www.jamaicaelections.com Kingston ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPMGPPPVotes%Kingston WesternEarl Dawkins 1,828 (16.72%) Desmond McKenzie 9,073 (82.99%)Jason Edwards 1,821 (5.7%)20,205 10,932 54.11%Kingston Central Ronald Thwaites 5,898 (60.53%)Rosalea Hamilton 3790 (38.90%)Michael Lorne 56 (0.57%)19,318 9,74450.44%Kingston East and Port Royal Phillip Paulwell 8,050 (84.03%)Peter Sangster 1,530 (15.97%)21,7029,58044.14% Saint Andrew ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPMGPPPNDMIndependentVotes%Saint Andrew Eastern Andre Hylton 6,606 (50.80%)Saphire Longmore 6,352 (48.85%)Earle Delisser 46 (0.35%)23,00013,00456.54%Saint Andrew East Central Peter Phillips 6,941 (63.08%)Beverly Prince 4,022 (36.55%)Allan Martin 41 (0.37%)26,65311,004 41.29%Saint Andrew East Rural Damion Crawford 9,638 (50.55%)Joan Gordon-Webley 9,372 (49.16%)Damion Crawford 55 (0.29%)32,86419,06558.01%Saint Andrew North CentralLeanne Philips 3,901 (38.60%) Karl Samuda 6,206 (61.40%)21,04810,10748.02%Saint Andrew North EasternJohn-Paul White 3,513 (39.27%) Delroy Chuck 5,383 (60.17%)Terrence Lindo 50 (0.56%)17,6988,94650.55%Saint Andrew North WesternGranville Valentine 5,062 (42.60%) Derrick Smith 6,771 (56.99%)Curtis Campbell 49 (0.41%)26,034 11,88245.64%Saint Andrew Southern Omar Davies 9,810 (91.94%)Dennis Messias 860 (8.06%)20,45810,67052.16%Saint Andrew South Eastern Julian Robinson 5,917 (58.09%)Dwight Nelson 4,230 (41.53%)Horace Matthews 28 (0.27%)Byron Patton 11 (0.11%)19,52010,18652.18%Saint Andrew South Western Portia Simpson-Miller 10,973 (94.94%)Victor Hyde 553 (4.78%)Annmarie Thomas 32 (0.28%)22,22711,55852.00%Saint Andrew WesternPatrick Roberts 6,760 (46.43%) Andrew Holness 7,799 (53.57%)26,32614,55955.30%Saint Andrew West Central George Hylton 9,379 (68.73%)George Duhaney 4,229 (30.99%)Aldith Grant-Lee 39 (0.29%)30,39413,647 44.90%Saint Andrew West Rural Paul Buchanan 7,716 (50.64%)Andrew Gallimore 7,478 (49.08%)Joan Porteous 43 (0.28%)32,97615,237 46.21% Saint Catherine ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPMGPPPIndependentVotes%Saint Catherine CentralMaurice Westney 2,252 (22.55%) Olivia Grange 7,735 (77.45%)25,1379,98739.73%Saint Catherine Eastern Denise Daley 8,778 (60.55%)Sharon Hay-Webster 5,719 (39.45%)27,69814,49752.34%Saint Catherine East Central Arnaldo Brown 5,734 (52.56%)Suzette Buchanan 5,176 (47.44%)21,43610,91050.90%Saint Catherine North Central Natalie Neita-Headley 6,673 (58.89%)Raymoth Notice 4,622 (40.79%)Garth Barnett 37 (0.33%)2514211,33245.07%Saint Catherine North EasternAbe Dabdoub 5,168 (47.18%) Gregory Mair 5,786 (52.82%)21,96110,95449.88%Saint Catherine North Western Robert Pickersgill 7,682 (62.38%)Sandra Nesbeth 4,607 (37.41%)Gene Guthrie 26 (0.21%)29,70612,31541.46%Saint Catherine Southern Fitz Jackson 8,856 (61.34%)Keith Hinds 5,582 (38.66%)30,76514,43846.93%Saint Catherine South CentralVincent Morrison 3,566 (34.29%) Andrew Wheatley 6,833 (65.71%)22,36510,39946.50%Saint Catherine South Eastern Colin Fagan 8,236 (55.34%)Keith Blake 6,588 (44.27%)Leon Burrell 59 (0.40%)32,09214,88346.38%Saint Catherine South WesternAnthony Ewbanks 8,217 (47.28%) Everald Warmington 9,124 (52.49%)Upton Blake 40 (0.23%)32,09517,38154.15%Saint Catherine West CentralClinton Clarke 4,547 (41.65%) Kenneth Baugh 6,371 (58.35%)24,32310,91844.89% Saint Thomas ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPMGPPPVotes%Saint Thomas Eastern Fenton Ferguson 8,018 (51.39%)Patrece Charles-Freeman 7,545 (48.36%)Ian Fleming 39 (0.25%)28,36415,60255.01%Saint Thomas WesternLeonard Green 8,652 (49.01%) James Robertson 8,934 (50.61%)Robert Cover 66 (0.37%)34,91317,65250.56% Portland ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPNDMVotes%Portland Eastern Lynvale Bloomfield 9,314 (53.61%)Patrick Lee 8,061 (46.39%)31,810 17,37554.62% Donald RhoddPortland WesternRohan Quest 6,593 (46.98%) Daryl Vaz 7,422 (52.89%)Peter Flemmings 18 (0.13%)20,89614,03367.16% Daryl Vaz Saint Mary ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPVotes%Saint Mary Central Morais Guy 8,585 (59.72%)Lennon Richards 5,790 (40.28%)23,90814,37560.13%Saint Mary South Eastern Winston Green 7,554 (51.43%)Richard Creary 7,134 (48.57%)22,87314,688 64.22%Saint Mary Western Jolyan Silvera 9,693 (50.59%)Robert Montague 9,466 (49.41%)32,30519,15959.31% Saint Ann ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPIndVotes%Saint Ann North EasternPaul Stewart 8,253 (46.49%) Shahine Robinson 9,501 (53.51%)34,35317,75451.68%Saint Ann North Western Dayton Campbell 8,674 (52.55%)Othneil Lawrence 7,831 (47.45%)31,248 16,505 52.82%Saint Ann South Eastern Lisa Hanna 8,996 (65.44%)Oneil Esteen 4,751 (34.56%)27,02913,747 50.86%Saint Ann South Western Keith Walford 6,527 (53.00%)Ernest Smith 5,703 (46.31%)Andrew Willis 84 (0.68%)22,82812,31453.94% Trelawny ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPJAMVotes%Trelawny Northern Patrick Atkinson 10,850 (55.72%)Dennis Meadows 8,567 (43.99%)Ras-Astor Black 57 (0.29%)33,029 19,47458.96%Trelawny SouthernLyndel Frater 4,735 (43.07%) Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert 6,260 (56.93%)17,95310,99561.24% Saint James ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPIndMGPPPVotes%Saint James Central Lloyd B. Smith 5,677 (50.33%)Heroy Clarke 5,603 (49.67%)24,99111,28045.14%Saint James East CentralCedric Stewart 6,172 (49.25%) Edmund Bartlett 6,337 (50.56%)Roystan Richards 24 (0.19%)24,82612,53350.48%Saint James North WesternHenry McCurdy 4977 (45.02%) Horace Chang 6,077 (54.98%)24,68711,05444.78%Saint James Southern Derrick Kellier 7154 (53.80%)Homer Davis 6,144 (46.20%)23,35013,29856.95%Saint James West Central Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams 6,198 (52.73%)Clive Mullings 5,535 (47.09%)Clifford Barnett 21 (0.18%)24,15911,75448.65% Hanover ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPVotes%Hanover Eastern D. K. Duncan 6,855 (50.98%)Paula Kerr-Jarrett 6,591 (49.02%)21,69913,44661.97% D. K. DuncanHanover Western Ian Hayles 8,583 (55.42%)Donovan Hamilton 6,905 (44.58%)27,98315,488 55.35% Ian Hayles Clarendon ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPNDMVotes%Clarendon CentralRichard Watson 4,121 (36.58%) Michael Henry 7,146 (63.42%)26,97211,26741.77% Michael HenryClarendon Northern Horace Dalley 7,663 (56.18%)Laurence Broderick 5,958 (43.68%)Eton Williams 20 (0.15%)21,20413,64164.33% Laurence BroderickClarendon North CentralColin Campbell 4,391 (41.75%) Pearnel Charles 6,127 (58.25%)20,63210,51850.98% Pearnel CharlesClarendon North Western Richard Azan 8,209 (52.90%)Michael Stern 7,310 (47.10%)24,49515,51963.36% Richard AzanClarendon South EasternDereck Lambert 8,736 (49.70%) Rudyard Spencer 8,843 (50.30%)35,09717,57950.09% Rudyard SpencerClarendon South Western Noel Arscott 7,711 (58.13%)Joel Williams 5,555 (41.87%)24,24413,26654.72% Noel Arscott Manchester ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPVotes%Manchester Central Peter Bunting 10,606 (51.30%)Danville Walker 10,067 (48.70%)33,57220,67361.58% Peter BuntingManchester North EasternValenton Wint 7,789 (48.22%) Audley Shaw 8,363 (51.78%)25,794 16,15262.62% Audley ShawManchester North Western Mikael Phillips 8,384 (56.54%)Timothy Scarlett 6,445 (43.46%)24,42214,82960.72%Manchester Southern Michael Peart 9,563 (57.58%)Collin Virgo 7,044 (42.42%)28,49916,60758.27% Michael Peart Saint Elizabeth ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPVotes%Saint Elizabeth North Eastern Raymond Pryce 9,566 (63.50%)Corris Samuels 5,498 (36.50%)28,91915,06452.09%Saint Elizabeth North WesternRichard Rowe 7,789 (48.22%) William Hutchinson 5,689 (54.12%)20,26010,51251.89%Saint Elizabeth South Eastern Richard Parchment 9,907 (52.60%)Franklyn Witter 8,927 (47.40%)27,61718,83468.20%Saint Elizabeth South Western Hugh Buchanan 9,453 (50.03%)Christopher Tufton 9,440 (49.97%)27,71018,89368.18% Westmoreland ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbentPNPJLPVotes%Westmoreland Central Roger Clarke 11,564 (57.57%)Marlene Malahoo Forte 8,522 (42.43%)37,54320,08653.50%Westmoreland Eastern Luther Buchanan 8,066 (72.43%)Donovan Foote 3,071 (27.57%)24,83011,13744.85%Westmoreland Western Wykeham McNeill 8,919 (62.81%)Carey Wallace 5,281 (37.19%)29,87914,20047.53% References Category:General elections in Jamaica Jamaica General Jamaica