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General elections were held in Jamaica on 3 September 2025. [1] [2] The incumbent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government, led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, successfully won a third term in office against the opposition People's National Party (PNP). However, the JLP lost 14 seats to the PNP, still retaining a majority. [3]
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte said that Jamaica would transition to being a republic before the next general election. [4] In December 2024 a bill was tabled on transitioning to becoming a republic. The bill required review by joint committees, followed by a parliamentary vote and a referendum to approve the change. [5] It was announced in March 2025 that a referendum would not occur before the general election. [6]
Preselection contests were held in March 2025. [7]
The 63 members of the House of Representatives are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. [12] Voters must be 18 years and over and be a citizen of Jamaica or a Commonwealth citizen who is resident in Jamaica at the date of registration and has been a resident for at least twelve months prior to the date of registration. [13]
The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is called on by the Governor General to form a government as Prime Minister, [14] while the leader of the largest group or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of the Opposition. [15]
Member | Constituency | Party | First elected | Date announced | |
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Lisa Hanna | Saint Ann South Eastern | People's National Party | 2007 | 9 August 2022 [16] | |
Phillip Henriques | Clarendon North Western | Jamaica Labour Party | 2020 | 23 January 2025 [17] | |
Peter Phillips | Saint Andrew East Central | People's National Party | 1993 | ||
William J.C. Hutchinson | Saint Elizabeth North Western | Jamaica Labour Party | 1997 | ||
Morais Guy | Saint Mary Central | People's National Party | 2002 |
Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced the date of the election at a JLP party meeting held on 10 August 2025 at Half Way Tree. [1]
The election was decided in marginal seats. [18] Among the JLP's campaign pledges was the doubling of the current minimum wage of J$16,000 to J$32,000 per 40-hour workweek, while the PNP included increasing the income tax threshold from J$1.5 million to J$3.5 million as part of its promises. [11]
Party | Abr. | |
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People's National Party | PNP | |
Jamaica Labour Party | JLP | |
Jamaica Progressive Party | JPP | |
United Independents' Congress of Jamaica | UIC |
There are 189 candidates, [19] including nine independents. [11]
Date | Pollster | Sample size | JLP | PNP | Other [a] | Non-voting | Lead |
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3 September 2025 | 2025 general election | – | 50.54 | 49.16 | 0.30 | – | 1.38 |
31 August 2025 | Bluedot [26] | 1,511 | 46 | 33 | – | – | 13 |
22 – 26 August 2025 | Don Anderson [26] | 1,010 | 34.5 | 37.6 | 27.9 | 3.1 | |
2 – 11 August 2025 | Don Anderson [27] | 1,008 | 33.9 | 34.7 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 0.8 |
18 May – 7 June 2025 | Don Anderson [28] | 1,033 | 29.6 | 32.6 | 18.4 | 19.4 | 3.0 |
2 – 17 May 2025 | Bluedot [29] | 1,618 | 35 | 31 | 34 [30] | – | 4.0 |
27 September – 3 October 2024 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [31] | 1,012 | 43.5 | 56.5 | – | – | 13 |
6 – 19 September 2024 | Nationwide/Bluedot poll [32] | 1,246 | 53 | 47 | – | – | 6 |
June 2024 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [33] | – | 44.0 | 56 | – | – | 12 |
4 – 12 April 2024 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [34] | 1,057 | 44.1 | 55.9 | – | – | 11.8 |
26 February 2024 | 2024 Jamaican local elections | – | 47.8 | 51.8 | 0.6 | – | 4 |
24 November – 7 December 2023 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [35] | 1,015 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 35 | 3 |
17 – 26 February 2023 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [36] | 1,002 | 27.9 | 28.1 | 19 | 25 | 0.2 |
13 September 2022 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [37] | – | 31 | 18 | 17 | 34 | 13 |
22 September 2021 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [38] | 1,003 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 31 | 11 |
3 September 2020 | 2020 general election | – | 57.1 | 42.8 | 0.1 | – | 14.3 |
Prime Minister Andrew Holness was elected to a third term after his JLP won 35 of 63 seats in Parliament, followed by the PNP with 28 seats. [39] Holness was congratulated by foreign leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his party's victory. The JLP lost 14 seats to the PNP, with Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Homer Davis being defeated, among others. [40]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Jamaica Labour Party | 412,668 | 50.54 | 35 | –14 | |
People's National Party | 401,435 | 49.16 | 28 | +14 | |
Jamaica Progressive Party | 2,040 | 0.25 | 0 | New | |
United Independents' Congress of Jamaica | 181 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 269 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 816,593 | 100.00 | 63 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 816,593 | 98.35 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 13,705 | 1.65 | |||
Total votes | 830,298 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,077,800 | 39.96 | |||
Source: Electoral Commission of Jamaica |
The results by constituency: [41] [42]
Constituency | Electorate | Turnout | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Result | ||
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Clarendon Central | 34,092 | 10,607 | 31.11% | Delroy Williams | JLP | 6,674 | 62.92% | JLP hold | ||
Carla Watt | PNP | 3,853 | 36.33% | |||||||
Bettina Hill | JPP | 80 | 0.75% | |||||||
Clarendon North Central | 25,929 | 10,330 | 39.83% | Robert Nesta Morgan | JLP | 5,877 | 56.89% | JLP hold | ||
Aujae Dixon | PNP | 4,424 | 42.83% | |||||||
Joy Johnson-Roye | JPP | 29 | 0.28% | |||||||
Clarendon North Western | 29,526 | 13,503 | 45.73% | Richard Azan | PNP | 6,989 | 51.76% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Warren Newby | JLP | 6,490 | 48.06% | |||||||
Kevin Palmer | JPP | 24 | 0.18% | |||||||
Clarendon Northern | 26,084 | 11,798 | 45.23% | Wavell Hinds | PNP | 5,921 | 50.19% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Dwight Sibblies | JLP | 5,853 | 49.61% | |||||||
Judilyn Casey-Edwards | JPP | 24 | 0.20% | |||||||
Clarendon South Eastern | 47,705 | 17,585 | 36.86% | Pearnel Charles | JLP | 9,515 | 54.11% | JLP hold | ||
Scean Barnswell | PNP | 8,013 | 45.57% | |||||||
Sion Thomas | JPP | 57 | 0.32% | |||||||
Clarendon South Western | 31,024 | 12,385 | 39.92% | Lothan Cousins | PNP | 7,328 | 59.17% | PNP hold | ||
Robert Chin | JLP | 5,016 | 40.50% | |||||||
Dewayne Thomas | JPP | 41 | 0.33% | |||||||
Hanover Eastern | 27,069 | 11,086 | 40.95% | Andrea Purkiss | PNP | 5,905 | 53.27% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Dave Hume-Brown | JLP | 5,138 | 46.35% | |||||||
Craig Eubanks | JPP | 28 | 0.25% | |||||||
Jordan Cunningham | UIC | 15 | 0.14% | |||||||
Hanover Western | 35,397 | 12,956 | 36.60% | Heatha Miller-Bennett | PNP | 6,995 | 53.99% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Tamika Davis | JLP | 5,907 | 45.59% | |||||||
Leonard Sharpe | JPP | 54 | 0.42% | |||||||
Kingston Central | 23,455 | 9,489 | 40.46% | Steve McGreggor | PNP | 4,739 | 49.94% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Donovan Williams | JLP | 4,727 | 49.82% | |||||||
Garth Barnett | UIC | 23 | 0.24% | |||||||
Kingston East and Port Royal | 27,630 | 7,831 | 28.83% | Phillip Paulwell | PNP | 6,255 | 79.87% | PNP hold | ||
Courtney Burnett | JLP | 1,472 | 18.80% | |||||||
George Williams | JPP | 104 | 1.33% | |||||||
Kingston Western | 25,078 | 9,873 | 39.37% | Desmond McKenzie | JLP | 8,475 | 85.84% | JLP hold | ||
Joseph Witter | PNP | 1,364 | 13.82% | |||||||
Ricardo Williams | JPP | 34 | 0.34% | |||||||
Manchester Central | 43,054 | 18,014 | 41.84% | Rhoda Moy Crawford | JLP | 9,098 | 50.51% | JLP hold | ||
Donovan Mitchell | PNP | 8,916 | 49.49% | |||||||
Manchester North Eastern | 32,055 | 14,446 | 45.07% | Audrey Marks | JLP | 8,139 | 56.34% | JLP hold | ||
Valenton Wint | PNP | 6,274 | 43.43% | |||||||
Clive Warren | JPP | 33 | 0.23% | |||||||
Manchester North Western | 30,825 | 12,943 | 41.99% | Mikael Phillips | PNP | 7,025 | 54.28% | PNP hold | ||
Damion Young | JLP | 5,880 | 45.43% | |||||||
Tretia Stewart-Angus | JPP | 38 | 0.29% | |||||||
Manchester Southern | 36,450 | 16,497 | 45.26% | Peter Bunting | PNP | 8,573 | 51.97% | PNP hold | ||
Ian Ives | JLP | 7,903 | 47.91% | |||||||
Karen Scott | JPP | 21 | 0.13% | |||||||
Portland Eastern | 40,714 | 16,526 | 40.59% | Isat Buchanan | PNP | 8,316 | 50.32% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Ann-Marie Vaz | JLP | 8,181 | 49.50% | |||||||
Tracy-Ann Gillespie-Harris | JPP | 29 | 0.18% | |||||||
Portland Western | 25,171 | 11,071 | 43.98% | Daryl Vaz | JLP | 6,111 | 55.20% | JLP hold | ||
Doreen Forbes Campbell | PNP | 4,937 | 44.59% | |||||||
Michael Aiken | JPP | 23 | 0.21% | |||||||
Saint Andrew East Central | 33,047 | 10,967 | 33.19% | Dennis Gordon | PNP | 6,709 | 61.17% | PNP hold | ||
Davion Vassell | JLP | 4,171 | 38.03% | |||||||
Princess Ford | JPP | 87 | 0.79% | |||||||
Saint Andrew East Rural | 43,636 | 17,959 | 41.16% | Juliet Holness | JLP | 9,364 | 52.14% | JLP hold | ||
Patrick Peterkin | PNP | 8,498 | 47.32% | |||||||
Kemesha Hendricks | UIC | 50 | 0.28% | |||||||
Purcell Jackson | JPP | 47 | 0.26% | |||||||
Saint Andrew Eastern | 29,980 | 13,283 | 44.31% | Fayval Williams | JLP | 6,824 | 51.37% | JLP hold | ||
Patricia Duncan-Sutherland | PNP | 6,386 | 48.08% | |||||||
Carl Cargill | JPP | 73 | 0.55% | |||||||
Saint Andrew North Central | 23,957 | 9,086 | 37.93% | Delano Seiveright | JLP | 5,769 | 63.49% | JLP hold | ||
Christopher Henry | PNP | 3,317 | 36.51% | |||||||
Saint Andrew North Eastern | 22,358 | 9,001 | 40.26% | Delroy Chuck | JLP | 5,294 | 58.82% | JLP hold | ||
Stacey Knight | PNP | 3,707 | 41.18% | |||||||
Saint Andrew North Western | 32,935 | 11,103 | 33.71% | Duane Smith | JLP | 6,546 | 58.96% | JLP hold | ||
Ethnie Miller-Simpson | PNP | 4,443 | 40.02% | |||||||
Orlando Robinson | JPP | 114 | 1.03% | |||||||
Saint Andrew South Eastern | 23,161 | 8,589 | 37.08% | Julian Robinson | PNP | 5,418 | 63.08% | PNP hold | ||
Kevin Frith | JLP | 3,137 | 36.52% | |||||||
Kemoy Lynch | UIC | 34 | 0.40% | |||||||
Saint Andrew South Western | 27,489 | 9,191 | 33.44% | Angela Brown-Burke | PNP | 8,575 | 93.30% | PNP hold | ||
Maureen Lorne | JLP | 583 | 6.34% | |||||||
Jahmar Watson | UIC | 17 | 0.18% | |||||||
Antonio Wint | JPP | 16 | 0.17% | |||||||
Saint Andrew Southern | 26,452 | 10,554 | 39.90% | Mark Golding | PNP | 9371 | 88.79% | PNP hold | ||
Carlton Allen | JLP | 1183 | 11.21% | |||||||
Saint Andrew West Central | 32,715 | 12,007 | 36.70% | Andrew Holness | JLP | 7,054 | 58.75% | JLP hold | ||
Paul Buchanan | PNP | 4,953 | 41.25% | |||||||
Saint Andrew West Rural | 42,819 | 15,718 | 36.71% | Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn | JLP | 8,414 | 53.53% | JLP hold | ||
Joan Gordon-Webley | PNP | 7,235 | 46.03% | |||||||
George Roach | JPP | 69 | 0.44% | |||||||
Saint Andrew Western | 39,800 | 12,642 | 31.76% | Anthony Hylton | PNP | 8,115 | 64.19% | PNP hold | ||
Corey Dunkley | JLP | 4,443 | 35.14% | |||||||
Carla Francis-Edie | JPP | 84 | 0.66% | |||||||
Saint Ann North Eastern | 45,328 | 16,327 | 36.02% | Matthew Samuda | JLP | 9,528 | 58.36% | JLP hold | ||
Ryan Simpson | PNP | 6,799 | 41.64% | |||||||
Saint Ann North Western | 41,989 | 15,538 | 37.00% | Krystal Lee | JLP | 8,050 | 51.81% | JLP hold | ||
Gabriela Morris | PNP | 7,488 | 48.19% | |||||||
Saint Ann South Eastern | 33,692 | 12,216 | 36.26% | Kenneth Russell | PNP | 7,492 | 61.33% | PNP hold | ||
Adion Peart | JLP | 4,724 | 38.67% | |||||||
Saint Ann South Western | 29,179 | 12,292 | 42.13% | Zavia Mayne | JLP | 7,218 | 58.72% | JLP hold | ||
Danhea Williams | PNP | 5,039 | 40.99% | |||||||
Clive Edwards | JPP | 35 | 0.28% | |||||||
Saint Catherine Central | 34,198 | 11,234 | 32.85% | Olivia Grange | JLP | 9,217 | 82.05% | JLP hold | ||
Pheobe Ramoni Lewis | PNP | 2,017 | 17.95% | |||||||
Saint Catherine East Central | 31,808 | 11,743 | 36.92% | Alando Terrelonge | JLP | 6,364 | 54.19% | JLP hold | ||
Raymond Pryce | PNP | 5,379 | 45.81% | |||||||
Saint Catherine Eastern | 35,473 | 11,246 | 31.70% | Denise Daley | PNP | 6,758 | 60.09% | PNP hold | ||
Dwight Peccoo | JLP | 4,413 | 39.24% | |||||||
Lance Watson | JPP | 75 | 0.67% | |||||||
Saint Catherine North Central | 34,406 | 11,370 | 33.05% | Natalie Neita | PNP | 7,098 | 62.43% | PNP hold | ||
Neil Powell | JLP | 4,229 | 37.19% | |||||||
Carlton Bartley | JPP | 43 | 0.38% | |||||||
Saint Catherine North Eastern | 25,756 | 10,190 | 39.56% | Kerensia Morrison | JLP | 5,554 | 54.50% | JLP hold | ||
Andrine (Ava) Higgins | PNP | 4,598 | 45.12% | |||||||
Robert Rainford | JPP | 20 | 0.20% | |||||||
Arthur Howell | Ind | 18 | 0.18% | |||||||
Saint Catherine North Western | 38,246 | 12,456 | 32.57% | Damion Crawford | PNP | 7,580 | 60.85% | PNP hold | ||
Newton Amos | JLP | 4,855 | 38.98% | |||||||
Lloyd Smith | JPP | 21 | 0.17% | |||||||
Saint Catherine South Central | 31,656 | 10,607 | 33.51% | Andrew Wheatley | JLP | 7,630 | 71.93% | JLP hold | ||
Kurt Matthews | PNP | 2,905 | 27.39% | |||||||
Lincoln Hall | JPP | 72 | 0.68% | |||||||
Saint Catherine South Eastern | 42,124 | 15,005 | 35.62% | Alfred Dawes | PNP | 7,754 | 51.68% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Robert Miller | JLP | 7,187 | 47.90% | |||||||
Kaycian Radcliffe | JPP | 64 | 0.43% | |||||||
Saint Catherine South Western | 45,006 | 19,192 | 42.64% | Everald Warmington | JLP | 10,607 | 55.27% | JLP hold | ||
Kurt Waul | PNP | 8,488 | 44.23% | |||||||
Gilbert Edwards | JPP | 97 | 0.51% | |||||||
Saint Catherine Southern | 44,884 | 15,126 | 33.70% | Fitz Jackson | PNP | 9,025 | 59.67% | PNP hold | ||
Delroy Dobney | JLP | 5,970 | 39.47% | |||||||
Courtney Morrison | JPP | 131 | 0.87% | |||||||
Saint Catherine West Central | 33,412 | 10,734 | 32.13% | Christopher Tufton | JLP | 6,940 | 64.65% | JLP hold | ||
Vivian Francis | PNP | 3,718 | 34.64% | |||||||
Colleen Ellison-Hall | JPP | 76 | 0.71% | |||||||
Saint Elizabeth North Eastern | 38,006 | 16,097 | 42.35% | Zuleika Jess | PNP | 8,331 | 51.75% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Delroy Slowley | JLP | 7,735 | 48.05% | |||||||
Shawn Myrie | JPP | 20 | 0.12% | |||||||
Joseph Patterson | UIC | 11 | 0.07% | |||||||
Saint Elizabeth North Western | 23,824 | 9,425 | 39.56% | Andrew Morris | JLP | 5,555 | 58.94% | JLP hold | ||
Patricia Scarlett-Forrester | PNP | 3,831 | 40.65% | |||||||
Jason Edwards | JPP | 39 | 0.41% | |||||||
Saint Elizabeth South Eastern | 33,729 | 16,934 | 50.21% | Franklyn Witter | JLP | 9,318 | 55.03% | JLP hold | ||
Norman Scott | PNP | 7,569 | 44.70% | |||||||
Raymond Dobbs | JPP | 47 | 0.28% | |||||||
Saint Elizabeth South Western | 35,101 | 18,167 | 51.76% | Floyd Green | JLP | 9,705 | 53.42% | JLP hold | ||
Melissa Wellington | PNP | 8,462 | 46.58% | |||||||
Saint James Central | 32,957 | 11,222 | 34.05% | Heroy Clarke | JLP | 6,567 | 58.52% | JLP hold | ||
Janice Allen | PNP | 4,655 | 41.48% | |||||||
Saint James East Central | 34,871 | 12,012 | 34.45% | Edmund Bartlett | JLP | 7,469 | 62.18% | JLP hold | ||
Claudine Reid-Knott | PNP | 4,543 | 37.82% | |||||||
Saint James North Western | 31,448 | 9,826 | 31.25% | Horace Chang | JLP | 6,312 | 64.24% | JLP hold | ||
Allen Bernard | PNP | 3,514 | 35.76% | |||||||
Saint James Southern | 30,432 | 12,776 | 41.98% | Nekeisha Burchell | PNP | 6,483 | 50.74% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Homer Davis | JLP | 6,276 | 49.12% | |||||||
Leon Cunningham | JPP | 17 | 0.13% | |||||||
Saint James West Central | 32,014 | 11,576 | 36.16% | Marlene Malahoo Forte | JLP | 6,155 | 53.17% | JLP hold | ||
Andre Haughton | PNP | 5,404 | 46.68% | |||||||
Clifford Barnett | Ind | 17 | 0.15% | |||||||
Saint Mary Central | 29,718 | 12,963 | 43.62% | Omar Newell | PNP | 7,191 | 55.47% | PNP hold | ||
Nathaniel Maragh | JLP | 5,760 | 44.43% | |||||||
Rena Rose-Cargill | JPP | 12 | 0.09% | |||||||
Saint Mary South Eastern | 27,310 | 13,299 | 48.70% | Christopher Brown | PNP | 6,642 | 49.94% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Norman Dunn | JLP | 6,631 | 49.86% | |||||||
Mark Hutchinson | JPP | 26 | 0.20% | |||||||
Saint Mary Western | 41,473 | 17,880 | 43.11% | Robert Montague | JLP | 9,394 | 52.54% | JLP hold | ||
Omar Woodbine | PNP | 8,451 | 47.27% | |||||||
Chase Neil | UIC | 35 | 0.20% | |||||||
Saint Thomas Eastern | 34,739 | 14,370 | 41.37% | Yvonne Shaw | PNP | 7,356 | 51.19% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Michelle Charles | JLP | 6,937 | 48.27% | |||||||
Claudius Wong | Ind | 46 | 0.32% | |||||||
Jovian Blair | JPP | 31 | 0.22% | |||||||
Saint Thomas Western | 44,345 | 17,034 | 38.41% | James Robertson | JLP | 9,252 | 54.31% | JLP hold | ||
Hubert Williams | PNP | 7,724 | 45.34% | |||||||
Karlene Afflick | JPP | 58 | 0.34% | |||||||
Trelawny Northern | 39,152 | 15,979 | 40.81% | Tova Hamilton | JLP | 8,159 | 51.06% | JLP hold | ||
Dennis Meadows | PNP | 7,820 | 48.94% | |||||||
Trelawny Southern | 25,976 | 12,047 | 46.38% | Devon McDaniel | JLP | 6,832 | 56.71% | JLP hold | ||
Paul Patmore | PNP | 5,215 | 43.29% | |||||||
Westmoreland Central | 49,190 | 18,378 | 33.36% | Dwayne Vaz | PNP | 9,916 | 53.96% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
George Wright | JLP | 8,385 | 45.63% | |||||||
Kathleen Greenwood | JPP | 39 | 0.21% | |||||||
Donn Foote | Ind | 38 | 0.21% | |||||||
Westmoreland Eastern | 31,978 | 13,335 | 41.70% | Dayton Campbell | PNP | 7,558 | 56.68% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Daniel Lawrence | JLP | 5,624 | 42.17% | |||||||
Dalton Allen | JPP | 73 | 0.55% | |||||||
Haile Cujo | Ind | 53 | 0.40% | |||||||
Winston Wright | UIC | 16 | 0.12% | |||||||
Derrick Robinson | Ind | 11 | 0.08% | |||||||
Westmoreland Western | 40,824 | 14,113 | 34.57% | Ian Hayles | PNP | 7,992 | 56.63% | PNP gain from JLP | ||
Garfield James | JLP | 6,024 | 42.68% | |||||||
Gilbert James | Ind | 71 | 0.50% | |||||||
Bertland Maddan | JPP | 26 | 0.18% | |||||||
Source: Electoral Commission of Jamaica | ||||||||||