Election In Jamaica 2020 Results

The jamaica labour party charged their campaign trail on achievements while the people s national party shared a targetted manifesto.
Election in jamaica 2020 results. The centre right jamaica labour party jlp won 49 of 63 seats in thursday s parliamentary election. Jamaica labor party wins pm re elected. Holness first thanked the almighty for sparing and guarding jamaicans.
The jamaica labour party has secured 49 seats while the people s national party won the remaining 14 seats following the preliminary counting of ballots in all 63 constituencies for the september 3 general election. Amid the covid 19 pandemic and the 2019 2020 dengue fever epidemic voter turnout was only 37 the lowest in an election since 1983. A total of 126 candidates contested 63 parliamentary seats thursday in an election convened by holness just three weeks ago amidst the covid 19 pandemic.
The people s national party remained the opposition party losing 16 seats. Peter phillips won 14 seats. The result was a victory for the ruling jamaica labour party which received 57 of the vote and won 49 seats.
Andrew holness has won 49 seats while the people s national party pnp led by dr. Click here to view the general election 2020 preliminary results. He had polled 4 823 to lawrence s 4 831.
Last updated on september 4 2020 by admin telesur current prime minister andrew holness of the jamaica labour party jlp has been re elected in a sweeping nationwide victory for the conservative ruling party. Preliminary results show that the jlp led by the most. The outcome of the general election ended with the jlp receiving the majority vote.
Prime minister andrew holness called for the early vote last month in what analysts saw as a bid. Prime minister andrew holness announced jamaica s general election for thursday september 3 this year. Lester michael henry oj cd.