Elections in Jamaica - Definition and Overview

Elections in Jamaica gives information on election and election results in Jamaica. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

Jamaica elects on national level a legislature. Parliament has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 60 members, elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 21 appointed members, 13 chosen by the Prime Minister and 8 by the Leader of the Opposition. Jamaica has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties , with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Last elections

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Past elections

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See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Electionworld (http://www.electionworld.org/jamaica.htm)
• Adam Carr's Election Archive (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/j/jamaica/)