2011 Jamaican general election

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2011 Jamaican general election
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All 63 seats in the House of Representatives
32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.17% (Decrease2.svg 8.29pp)
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader Portia Simpson-Miller Andrew Holness
Party PNP JLP
Last election49.64%, 28 seats50.27%, 32 seats
Seats won4221
Seat changeIncrease2.svg14Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote463,232405,234
Percentage52.96%46.32%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.32ppDecrease2.svg 3.95pp
Jamaica general election 2011 - Results by Constituency.svg
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Andrew Holness
JLP

Prime Minister after election

Portia Simpson-Miller
PNP

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. [1]

Contents

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. [2]

Opinion polls

Opinion polls indicated a slim lead for the opposition PNP six days before the election. [3] [4] The win by the PNP shocked even its leaders, such as Peter Phillips who said that "the results certainly exceeded our most optimistic scenarios". [5] [6] 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. [5] 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. [5] Several Labour Party cabinet ministers lost their seats, including National Security Minister Dwight Nelson and Energy Minister Clive Mullings. [5]

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. [7]

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. [8] 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". [8]

Jamaican Parliament 2011.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's National Party 464,06453.2842+14
Jamaica Labour Party 405,92046.6121–11
Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party 4200.050New
National Democratic Movement 2630.0300
Jamaica Alliance Movement570.010New
Independents2280.0300
Total870,952100.0063+3
Valid votes870,95299.39
Invalid/blank votes5,3580.61
Total votes876,310100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,648,03653.17
Source: Electoral Commission of Jamaica

By constituency

The results by constituency: [9]

Kingston

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLP MGPPP Votes%
Kingston Western Earl Dawkins

1,828 (16.72%)

  Desmond McKenzie

9,073 (82.99%)

Jason Edwards

1,821 (5.7%)

20,20510,93254.11%
Kingston Central   Ronald Thwaites

5,898 (60.53%)

 Rosalea Hamilton

3790 (38.90%)

Michael Lorne

56 (0.57%)

19,3189,74450.44%
Kingston East and Port Royal   Phillip Paulwell

8,050 (84.03%)

Peter Sangster

1,530 (15.97%)

21,7029,58044.14%

Saint Andrew

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLP MGPPP NDM IndependentVotes%
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%)

26,65311,00441.29%
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 Central Leanne Philips

3,901 (38.60%)

  Karl Samuda

6,206 (61.40%)

21,04810,10748.02%
Saint Andrew North Eastern John-Paul White

3,513 (39.27%)

  Delroy Chuck

5,383 (60.17%)

Terrence Lindo

50 (0.56%)

17,6988,94650.55%
Saint Andrew North Western Granville Valentine

5,062 (42.60%)

  Derrick Smith

6,771 (56.99%)

Curtis Campbell

49 (0.41%)

26,03411,88245.64%
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 Western Patrick 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%)

30,39413,64744.90%
Saint Andrew West Rural   Paul Buchanan

7,716 (50.64%)

Andrew Gallimore

7,478 (49.08%)

Joan Porteous

43 (0.28%)

32,97615,23746.21%

Saint Catherine

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLP MGPPP IndependentVotes%
Saint Catherine Central Maurice 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 Eastern Abe 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 Central Vincent 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 Western Anthony Ewbanks

8,217 (47.28%)

  Everald Warmington

9,124 (52.49%)

Upton Blake

40 (0.23%)

32,09517,38154.15%
Saint Catherine West Central Clinton Clarke

4,547 (41.65%)

  Kenneth Baugh

6,371 (58.35%)

24,32310,91844.89%

Saint Thomas

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLP MGPPP Votes%
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 Western Leonard Green

8,652 (49.01%)

  James Robertson

8,934 (50.61%)

Robert Cover

66 (0.37%)

34,91317,65250.56%

Portland

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLP NDM Votes%
Portland Eastern   Lynvale Bloomfield

9,314 (53.61%)

Patrick Lee

8,061 (46.39%)

31,81017,37554.62%  Donald Rhodd
Portland Western Rohan 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 VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLPVotes%
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%)

22,87314,68864.22%
Saint Mary Western   Jolyan Silvera

9,693 (50.59%)

 Robert Montague

9,466 (49.41%)

32,30519,15959.31%

Saint Ann

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLP Ind Votes%
Saint Ann North Eastern Paul 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%)

31,24816,50552.82%
Saint Ann South Eastern   Lisa Hanna

8,996 (65.44%)

Oneil Esteen

4,751 (34.56%)

27,02913,74750.86%
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 VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLPJAMVotes%
Trelawny Northern   Patrick Atkinson

10,850 (55.72%)

Dennis Meadows

8,567 (43.99%)

Ras-Astor Black

57 (0.29%)

33,02919,47458.96%
Trelawny Southern Lyndel Frater

4,735 (43.07%)

  Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert

6,260 (56.93%)

17,95310,99561.24%

Saint James

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLP Ind MGPPP Votes%
Saint James Central   Lloyd B. Smith

5,677 (50.33%)

 Heroy Clarke

5,603 (49.67%)

24,99111,28045.14%
Saint James East Central Cedric Stewart

6,172 (49.25%)

  Edmund Bartlett

6,337 (50.56%)

Roystan Richards

24 (0.19%)

24,82612,53350.48%
Saint James North Western Henry 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 VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLPVotes%
Hanover Eastern   D. K. Duncan

6,855 (50.98%)

Paula Kerr-Jarrett

6,591 (49.02%)

21,69913,44661.97%  D. K. Duncan
Hanover Western   Ian Hayles

8,583 (55.42%)

Donovan Hamilton

6,905 (44.58%)

27,98315,48855.35%  Ian Hayles

Clarendon

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLP NDM Votes%
Clarendon Central Richard Watson

4,121 (36.58%)

  Michael Henry

7,146 (63.42%)

26,97211,26741.77%  Michael Henry
Clarendon Northern   Horace Dalley

7,663 (56.18%)

 Laurence Broderick

5,958 (43.68%)

Eton Williams

20 (0.15%)

21,20413,64164.33%  Laurence Broderick
Clarendon North Central Colin Campbell

4,391 (41.75%)

  Pearnel Charles

6,127 (58.25%)

20,63210,51850.98%  Pearnel Charles
Clarendon North Western   Richard Azan

8,209 (52.90%)

Michael Stern

7,310 (47.10%)

24,49515,51963.36%  Richard Azan
Clarendon South Eastern Dereck Lambert

8,736 (49.70%)

  Rudyard Spencer

8,843 (50.30%)

35,09717,57950.09%  Rudyard Spencer
Clarendon South Western   Noel Arscott

7,711 (58.13%)

Joel Williams

5,555 (41.87%)

24,24413,26654.72%  Noel Arscott

Manchester

ConstituencyCandidatesEligible VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLPVotes%
Manchester Central   Peter Bunting

10,606 (51.30%)

 Danville Walker

10,067 (48.70%)

33,57220,67361.58%  Peter Bunting
Manchester North Eastern Valenton Wint

7,789 (48.22%)

  Audley Shaw

8,363 (51.78%)

25,79416,15262.62%  Audley Shaw
Manchester 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 VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLPVotes%
Saint Elizabeth North Eastern   Raymond Pryce

9,566 (63.50%)

Corris Samuels

5,498 (36.50%)

28,91915,06452.09%
Saint Elizabeth North Western Richard 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 VotersTurnoutIncumbent
PNPJLPVotes%
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

  1. ↑ "BLOWOUT: PNP 41 - JLP 22". jamaica-gleaner.com.
  2. ↑ An odd number of votes ensures that a decision is made, no tie is possible.
  3. ↑ "PNP comeback". Jamaica Gleaner. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "News | Investigative | Current Affair | CVM Television". News.cvmtv.com. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Dominating victory in Jamaica elections even surprises winning opposition side". Washington Post. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Jamaica Election Results". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  7. ↑ Helps, Horace. "Bad economy puts Jamaica opposition back in power". Reuters. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Jamaica People's National Party secures big poll win". BBC News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica Elections 2011". www.jamaicaelections.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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