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General elections were held in Jamaica on Thursday, 3 September 2020 [1] to elect 63 members of Parliament.As the constitution stipulates a five-year parliamentary term, [2] the next elections were not expected until between 25 February and 10 June 2021.
Though the years are fixed due to the five-year term of the prime minister, the date of the election is traditionally announced by the ruling party one month in advance. Recently, there has been debate over whether this "flexible date" system is the best for Jamaica, or whether the government should switch to a fixed date system.
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.
The 14th Parliament of Jamaica was sworn in on 15 September 2020, after being elected following the 2020 Jamaican general election. [1] Parliament of Jamaica.
A by-election to the Jamaican House of Representatives was held for the Clarendon South Eastern constituency on March 2, 2020. The seat was declared vacant due to the resignation of member of Parliament Rudyard Spencer on February 4, 2020. [1] The election was won by Pearnel Charles Jr. of the Jamaica Labour Party.
General Election 2007: Saint Andrew East Rural [1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% JLP: Joseph Hibbert 8,283 50.66 PNP: Mikael Phillips 7,885 48.23 National Democratic Movement: Percival Hurditt 182 1.11 Total votes 16,350 : 100.0 : Turnout 60.24 JLP hold
In 2020, the Labour Party won a landslide in another general election, and on 7 September Holness was sworn in for another term as prime minister. [2] In October 2011, at the age of 39, Holness became the youngest person ever to be prime minister in Jamaica's history. In March 2016, aged 43, he became the youngest to ever be elected prime minister.
According to the Jamaica Population Census of 2011, the number of persons living in the constituency was 26,564, while the number of registered voters was 17,953. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] As of the 2020 general election , the number of registered electors in the constituency was 19,716.