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2011 Jamaican general election - Wikipedia

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General elections were held in Jamaica on 29 December 2011. The elections were contested mainly between the nation's two major political parties, the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), led by Andrew Holness, and the Portia Simpson-Miller-led opposition People's National Party (PNP). The result was a landslide victory for the PNP which won 42 of the 63 seats, a two-thirds majority.^[1]

Since the previous elections in 2007, the number of seats had been increased from 60 (an even number) to 63 (an odd number). The close results of the 2007 general election spurred the change as the Electoral Commission concluded that a tie would not be resolved.^[2]

Opinion polls indicated a slim lead for the opposition PNP six days before the election.^[3]^[4] The win by the PNP shocked even its leaders, such as Peter Phillips who said that "the results certainly exceeded our most optimistic scenarios".^[5]^[6] Reports from the Electoral Office of Jamaica indicated that only just over 50 per cent of the entire voting population voted on Election Day, meaning that it was possible for the lower-than-usual voter turnout to have thrown off opinion polls' predictions for the result.

The People's National Party (PNP) secured 42 seats out of 63 in a result described as a landslide victory.^[5] No minor parties won seats in the new Parliament. As a result, the PNP ended four years of rule for the Labour Party, which won 21 seats.^[5] Several Labour Party cabinet ministers lost their seats, including National Security Minister Dwight Nelson and Energy Minister Clive Mullings.^[5]

As a result, Portia Simpson-Miller assumed the role of Prime Minister for the second time in 5 years and Andrew Holness became one of the shortest-serving Prime Ministers in the history of Jamaica.^[7]

Polling was reported to have proceeded fairly smoothly, despite glitches with fingerprint scanners at some polling stations, and without the violence that has marred previous elections.^[8] The Organization of American States sent an observation mission to oversee the elections and they reported that they had not witnessed "any disturbances or any issues that would cause us any serious concern".^[8]

The results by constituency:^[9]

Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP MGPPP Votes % Kingston Western Earl Dawkins

1,828 (16.72%)

Desmond McKenzie

9,073 (82.99%)

Jason Edwards

1,821 (5.7%)

20,205 10,932 54.11% Kingston Central Ronald Thwaites

5,898 (60.53%)

Rosalea Hamilton

3790 (38.90%)

Michael Lorne

56 (0.57%)

19,318 9,744 50.44% Kingston East and Port Royal Phillip Paulwell

8,050 (84.03%)

Peter Sangster

1,530 (15.97%)

21,702 9,580 44.14% Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP MGPPP NDM Independent Votes % Saint Andrew Eastern Andre Hylton

6,606 (50.80%)

Saphire Longmore

6,352 (48.85%)

Earle Delisser

46 (0.35%)

23,000 13,004 56.54% Saint Andrew East Central Peter Phillips

6,941 (63.08%)

Beverly Prince

4,022 (36.55%)

Allan Martin

41 (0.37%)

26,653 11,004 41.29% Saint Andrew East Rural Damion Crawford

9,638 (50.55%)

Joan Gordon-Webley

9,372 (49.16%)

Damion Crawford

55 (0.29%)

32,864 19,065 58.01% Saint Andrew North Central Leanne Philips

3,901 (38.60%)

Karl Samuda

6,206 (61.40%)

21,048 10,107 48.02% Saint Andrew North Eastern John-Paul White

3,513 (39.27%)

Delroy Chuck

5,383 (60.17%)

Terrence Lindo

50 (0.56%)

17,698 8,946 50.55% Saint Andrew North Western Granville Valentine

5,062 (42.60%)

Derrick Smith

6,771 (56.99%)

Curtis Campbell

49 (0.41%)

26,034 11,882 45.64% Saint Andrew Southern Omar Davies

9,810 (91.94%)

Dennis Messias

860 (8.06%)

20,458 10,670 52.16% Saint Andrew South Eastern Julian Robinson

5,917 (58.09%)

Dwight Nelson

4,230 (41.53%)

Horace Matthews

28 (0.27%)

Byron Patton

11 (0.11%)

19,520 10,186 52.18% Saint Andrew South Western Portia Simpson-Miller

10,973 (94.94%)

Victor Hyde

553 (4.78%)

Annmarie Thomas

32 (0.28%)

22,227 11,558 52.00% Saint Andrew Western Patrick Roberts

6,760 (46.43%)

Andrew Holness

7,799 (53.57%)

26,326 14,559 55.30% Saint Andrew West Central George Hylton

9,379 (68.73%)

George Duhaney

4,229 (30.99%)

Aldith Grant-Lee

39 (0.29%)

30,394 13,647 44.90% Saint Andrew West Rural Paul Buchanan

7,716 (50.64%)

Andrew Gallimore

7,478 (49.08%)

Joan Porteous

43 (0.28%)

32,976 15,237 46.21% Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP MGPPP Independent Votes % Saint Catherine Central Maurice Westney

2,252 (22.55%)

Olivia Grange

7,735 (77.45%)

25,137 9,987 39.73% Saint Catherine Eastern Denise Daley

8,778 (60.55%)

Sharon Hay-Webster

5,719 (39.45%)

27,698 14,497 52.34% Saint Catherine East Central Arnaldo Brown

5,734 (52.56%)

Suzette Buchanan

5,176 (47.44%)

21,436 10,910 50.90% Saint Catherine North Central Natalie Neita-Headley

6,673 (58.89%)

Raymoth Notice

4,622 (40.79%)

Garth Barnett

37 (0.33%)

25142 11,332 45.07% Saint Catherine North Eastern Abe Dabdoub

5,168 (47.18%)

Gregory Mair

5,786 (52.82%)

21,961 10,954 49.88% Saint Catherine North Western Robert Pickersgill

7,682 (62.38%)

Sandra Nesbeth

4,607 (37.41%)

Gene Guthrie

26 (0.21%)

29,706 12,315 41.46% Saint Catherine Southern Fitz Jackson

8,856 (61.34%)

Keith Hinds

5,582 (38.66%)

30,765 14,438 46.93% Saint Catherine South Central Vincent Morrison

3,566 (34.29%)

Andrew Wheatley

6,833 (65.71%)

22,365 10,399 46.50% Saint Catherine South Eastern Colin Fagan

8,236 (55.34%)

Keith Blake

6,588 (44.27%)

Leon Burrell

59 (0.40%)

32,092 14,883 46.38% Saint Catherine South Western Anthony Ewbanks

8,217 (47.28%)

Everald Warmington

9,124 (52.49%)

Upton Blake

40 (0.23%)

32,095 17,381 54.15% Saint Catherine West Central Clinton Clarke

4,547 (41.65%)

Kenneth Baugh

6,371 (58.35%)

24,323 10,918 44.89% Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP Votes % Saint Mary Central Morais Guy

8,585 (59.72%)

Lennon Richards

5,790 (40.28%)

23,908 14,375 60.13% Saint Mary South Eastern Winston Green

7,554 (51.43%)

Richard Creary

7,134 (48.57%)

22,873 14,688 64.22% Saint Mary Western Jolyan Silvera

9,693 (50.59%)

Robert Montague

9,466 (49.41%)

32,305 19,159 59.31% Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP Ind Votes % Saint Ann North Eastern Paul Stewart

8,253 (46.49%)

Shahine Robinson

9,501 (53.51%)

34,353 17,754 51.68% Saint Ann North Western Dayton Campbell

8,674 (52.55%)

Othneil Lawrence

7,831 (47.45%)

31,248 16,505 52.82% Saint Ann South Eastern Lisa Hanna

8,996 (65.44%)

Oneil Esteen

4,751 (34.56%)

27,029 13,747 50.86% Saint Ann South Western Keith Walford

6,527 (53.00%)

Ernest Smith

5,703 (46.31%)

Andrew Willis

84 (0.68%)

22,828 12,314 53.94% Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP Ind MGPPP Votes % Saint James Central Lloyd B. Smith

5,677 (50.33%)

Heroy Clarke

5,603 (49.67%)

24,991 11,280 45.14% Saint James East Central Cedric Stewart

6,172 (49.25%)

Edmund Bartlett

6,337 (50.56%)

Roystan Richards

24 (0.19%)

24,826 12,533 50.48% Saint James North Western Henry McCurdy

4977 (45.02%)

Horace Chang

6,077 (54.98%)

24,687 11,054 44.78% Saint James Southern Derrick Kellier

7154 (53.80%)

Homer Davis

6,144 (46.20%)

23,350 13,298 56.95% Saint James West Central Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams

6,198 (52.73%)

Clive Mullings

5,535 (47.09%)

Clifford Barnett

21 (0.18%)

24,159 11,754 48.65% Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP NDM Votes % Clarendon Central Richard Watson

4,121 (36.58%)

Michael Henry

7,146 (63.42%)

26,972 11,267 41.77% Michael Henry Clarendon Northern Horace Dalley

7,663 (56.18%)

Laurence Broderick

5,958 (43.68%)

Eton Williams

20 (0.15%)

21,204 13,641 64.33% Laurence Broderick Clarendon North Central Colin Campbell

4,391 (41.75%)

Pearnel Charles

6,127 (58.25%)

20,632 10,518 50.98% Pearnel Charles Clarendon North Western Richard Azan

8,209 (52.90%)

Michael Stern

7,310 (47.10%)

24,495 15,519 63.36% Richard Azan Clarendon South Eastern Dereck Lambert

8,736 (49.70%)

Rudyard Spencer

8,843 (50.30%)

35,097 17,579 50.09% Rudyard Spencer Clarendon South Western Noel Arscott

7,711 (58.13%)

Joel Williams

5,555 (41.87%)

24,244 13,266 54.72% Noel Arscott Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP Votes % Manchester Central Peter Bunting

10,606 (51.30%)

Danville Walker

10,067 (48.70%)

33,572 20,673 61.58% Peter Bunting Manchester North Eastern Valenton Wint

7,789 (48.22%)

Audley Shaw

8,363 (51.78%)

25,794 16,152 62.62% Audley Shaw Manchester North Western Mikael Phillips

8,384 (56.54%)

Timothy Scarlett

6,445 (43.46%)

24,422 14,829 60.72% Manchester Southern Michael Peart

9,563 (57.58%)

Collin Virgo

7,044 (42.42%)

28,499 16,607 58.27% Michael Peart Constituency Candidates Eligible Voters Turnout Incumbent PNP JLP Votes % Saint Elizabeth North Eastern Raymond Pryce

9,566 (63.50%)

Corris Samuels

5,498 (36.50%)

28,919 15,064 52.09% Saint Elizabeth North Western Richard Rowe

7,789 (48.22%)

William Hutchinson

5,689 (54.12%)

20,260 10,512 51.89% Saint Elizabeth South Eastern Richard Parchment

9,907 (52.60%)

Franklyn Witter

8,927 (47.40%)

27,617 18,834 68.20% Saint Elizabeth South Western Hugh Buchanan