General elections are scheduled to be held in Jamaica by 2025.
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Background
editMinister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte said that Jamaica would transition to being a Republic before the next general election.[1]
Timeline
edit- 21 September 2023 – Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert resigns as MP for Trelawny Southern.[2]
- 26 February 2024 – local elections were held.
Electoral system
editThe 63 members of the House of Representatives are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[3] Voters must be 18 years and over and be a citizen of Jamaica or a Commonwealth citizen.[4]
The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is called on by the Governor General to form a government as Prime Minister,[5] while the leader of the largest group or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of the Opposition.[6]
Members not seeking re-election
edit| Member | Constituency | Party | First elected | Date announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Hanna | Saint Ann South Eastern | People's National Party | 2007 | 9 August 2022[7] | |
Opinion polls
edit| Date | Pollster | Sample
size |
JLP | PNP | Other[a] | Non-voting | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 February 2024 | 2024 Jamaican local elections | – | 47.8 | 51.8 | 0.6 | – | 4 |
| 24 November – 7 December 2023 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll[8] | 1,015 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 35 | 3 |
| 17 – 26 February 2023 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll[9] | 1,002 | 27.9 | 28.1 | 19 | 25 | 0.2 |
| 13 September 2022 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll[10] | - | 31 | 18 | 17 | 34 | 13 |
| 22 September 2021 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll[11] | 1,003 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 31 | 11 |
| 3 September 2020 | 2020 general election | – | 57.1 | 42.8 | 0.1 | – | 14.3 |
Notes
edit- a.^ Includes "Don't Know/Unsure"
References
edit- ^ "Jamaica to transition to republic status by next general election —Malahoo Forte". Jamaica Observer. 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "Dalrymple-Philibert confident in JLP councillor-candidates for Trelawny Southern". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ Electoral System Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine IPU
- ^ "Registration Procedures". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "The Executive". Jamaica Information Service. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "The Opposition". Jamaica Information Service. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Why Lisa Hanna is leaving representational politics". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "PNP HOLDS LEAD". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "DEAD HEAT". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ^ "JLP IN LEAD". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ^ "Poll: JLP now nine percentage points ahead of PNP". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2023-01-11.