Jamaican Election Results 2020
The result was a landslide vict.
Jamaican election results 2020. In his victory speech at the jlp s headquarters on belmont road mr. As the constitution stipulates a five year parliamentary term the next elections were not expected until between 25 february and 10 june 2021. Jamaicans head to polls for parliamentary elections.
General elections 2020 preliminary results last updated. Polls show that prime minister andrew holness 48 will win a second term with his jamaican labour party or jlp widening its majority. The counts are in and jamaica labour party will continue to reign as the country s government.
For a list of all our constituency offices click here. On the advice of holness governor general patrick allen dissolved parliament on 13 august 2020. Preliminary results show that the jlp led by the most.
However prime minister andrew holness called early elections to ensure a united response to the ongoing covid 19 pandemic. With results still trickling in yet over 80 of ballot boxes counted the jlp leads in 49 seats whereas the social democratic pnp has claimed 14. See which constituency s seats were won and which were lost as.
Holness first thanked the almighty for sparing and guarding jamaicans. Peter phillips won 14 seats. 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.
General elections were held in jamaica on thursday 3 september 2020 to elect 63 members of parliament. 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. Jamaica election 2020 as it happened by deon clarke associate writer.