2016 Jamaican general election

2016 Jamaican general election

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All 63 seats in the House of Representatives 32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48.4% ( 4.8 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Holness Portia Simpson-Miller Party JLP PNP Last election 46.6%, 21 seats 53.4%, 42 seats Seats won 32 31 Seat change 11 11 Popular vote 437,178 433,629 Percentage 50.1% 49.7% Swing 3.5pp 3.7pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Portia Simpson-Miller PNP Prime Minister after election Andrew Holness JLP

General elections were held in Jamaica on 25 February 2016. The elections were largely a contest between the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The result was a narrow victory for the JLP, which won 32 of the 63 seats. One political commentator described the poll as "the closest election Jamaica has ever had".^[1]

The JLP's share of the vote was the lowest for a winning party since 1962, when the JLP won 50.1% of the vote, and its resulting majority in the House of Representatives was the narrowest since the 1949 elections. A similarly close election occurred in 2007, in which two seats changed hands on recounts.^[2][3]