Saint Andrew South Western

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Saint Andrew South Western 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 was created in 1959. It is currently represented by the Dr Angela Brown-Burke of the PNP.

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Since the mid 1970s Saint Andrew South Western has been an extremely safe seat for the People's National Party, which has won it by overwhelming margins in every election since except for the PNP-boycotted 1983 election.

Boundaries

The constituency includes Payne Land and Whitfield in Saint Andrew Parish.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1959 Clem Tavares Jamaica Labour Party
1972 Wilton Hill Jamaica Labour Party
1976 Portia Simpson People's National Party
1983 Christopher Rose Jamaica Labour Party
1989 Portia Simpson-Miller People's National Party
2020 Angela Brown-Burke People's National Party

Elections

General Election 2011: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Portia Simpson-Miller 10,97394.94+0.97
JLP Victor Hyde5534.78−0.97
Majority 10,42090.16+2.22
Turnout 11,52652.00−5.09
PNP hold
General Election 2007: Saint Andrew South Western [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Portia Simpson-Miller 9,36093.97−0.16
JLP Garnett Reid6016.03+0.16
Majority 8,75987.94−0.32
Turnout 9,96157.09+0.93
PNP hold
General Election 2002: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Portia Simpson-Miller 9,71694.02−3.97
JLP Garnett Reid6185.98+3.97
Majority 9,09888.04−7.94
Turnout 10,33451.41−29.98
PNP hold
General Election 1997: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Portia Simpson-Miller 15,19197.99−1.58
JLP Basil Smith3122.01+1.58
Majority 14,87995.98−3.16
Turnout 15,50381.30−9.90
PNP hold
General Election 1993: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Portia Simpson-Miller 16,43999.57+1.66
JLP Basil Smith710.43−1.66
Majority 16,36899.14+3.32
Turnout 16,51091.20−3.40
PNP hold
General Election 1989: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Portia Simpson-Miller 18,57797.91NEW
JLP Royland Williams3962.09−97.91
Majority 18,18195.82
Turnout 18,97394.60
PNP gain from JLP
General Election 1983: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Christopher Rose (unopposed)
JLP gain from PNP
General Election 1980: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Portia Simpson 17,19279.17+3.54
JLP Tom Tavares-Finson4,52420.83−3.54
Majority 12,66858.34+7.08
Turnout 21,716105.06+10.46
PNP hold
General Election 1976: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Portia Simpson 13,58475.63+39.99
JLP Royland Williams4,37624.37−39.99
Majority 9,20851.26+22.54
Turnout 17,96094.60+20.63
PNP gain from JLP
General Election 1972: Saint Andrew South Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Wilton Hill7,26164.36
PNP Jason Gordon4,02035.64
Majority 3,24128.72
Turnout 11,28173.97
JLP hold

References

  1. "General Elections 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 2 November 2024.