2020 People's National Party leadership election

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2020 People's National Party leadership election
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← 2019November 7, 2020 To be determined  →
Turnout96% [1] (Steady2.svg 0.0 pp)
  Mark Golding-Jamaica.jpg Lisa Hanna (cropped).jpg
Candidate Mark Golding Lisa Hanna
Popular vote1,7401,444
Percentage
54.6%
45.4%
Leader before election

Peter Phillips

Elected Leader

Mark Golding

2020 People's National Party leadership election
DateNovember 7, 2020
Resigning leader Peter Phillips
Won by Mark Golding

The 2020 People's National Party (PNP) leadership election was triggered after Peter Phillips announced his intention to resign as Leader of the People's National Party following the party's defeat at the 2020 general election. It was held on November 7, 2020. If Hanna was elected, she would have served as the second female President of a Jamaican political party and the second female Leader of the Opposition in Jamaican history. [2] [3] [4] The election was won by Former Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for St Andrew Southern and Attorney Mark Golding who secured 1,740 or 54.6% of the vote.

Contents

Background

The announcement of the election date was made on September 27, 2020 at a meeting of the PNP's National Executive Council (NEC) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, with nomination date for candidates occurring from October 19 to 23 and a list of the final delegates produced by October 30. [5]

Declared candidates

Roles in bold are currently held.

CandidateLast political rolesAnnouncedCampaign LaunchedCampaign slogan
Mark Golding-Jamaica.jpg Mark Golding Member of Parliament for Saint Andrew Southern

(since 2017)

22 September 2020 [6] 19 October 2020"Go With Golding" [7]
Lisa Hanna (cropped).jpg Lisa Hanna Member of Parliament for Saint Ann South Eastern

(since 2007)

27 September 2020 [8] 5 October 2020 [9] "Bring Back Di Love" [10]

Results

CandidateVotes%
Turnout:
96% [11]
Mark Golding 1,740
54.6
Lisa Hanna 1,444
45.4

Endorsements

Leadership candidates were endorsed by various notable politicians and persons representing sectors of civil society.

Mark Golding

Lisa Hanna

Opinion polling

Date [nb 1] PollsterSample

size

 Peter Bunting.png No image.svg Mark Golding-Jamaica.jpg Lisa Hanna (cropped).jpg No image.svg No image.svg No image.svg Lead
Peter Bunting Damion Crawford Mark Golding Lisa Hanna Phillip Paulwell Mikael PhillipsJulian Robinson
7 Nov 20202020 PNP leadership election–––54.645.4–––9.2
28-31 October 2020Lisa Hanna/Blue Dot Data Intelligence Ltd [22] 1,078––3646–––10
24-28 October 2020Mark Golding/Don Anderson/Market Research Ltd [23] 1,077––4645–––1
19-24 September 2020People's National Party/Don Anderson/Market Research Ltd [24] 1,061––263452148
11-13 September 2020Bill Johnson/Jamaica Observer [25] 1,0008–1020–––10
3 September 2020The PNP loses the 2020 Jamaican general election and Peter Bunting loses his seat
21-23 August 2020Bill Johnson/Jamaica Observer [26] 1,000361217–––19

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ These are the survey dates of the poll, or if the survey dates are not stated, the date the poll was released.

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