Kingston Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency covers the Allman Town and Rae Town areas of Kingston. [1] [2]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1944 | Frank Pixley | Jamaica Labour Party | |
1949 | Wills O. Isaacs | People's National Party | |
1955 | Wills O. Isaacs | People's National Party | |
1959 | Constituency abolished [3] |
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1967 | Wills O. Isaacs | People's National Party | |
1972 | Michael Manley | People's National Party | |
1976 | Rose Leon | People's National Party | |
1976 | Constituency abolished [3] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PNP | Ronald Thwaites | 5,245 | 58.71 | ||
JLP | Charlton Collie | 3,688 | 41.29 | ||
Total votes | 8,993 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | 58.88 | ||||
PNP hold | |||||
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