Country: | Jamaica |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2002 Jamaican general election |
Previous Year: | 2002 |
Next Election: | 2011 Jamaican general election |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Seats For Election: | All 60 seats in the House of Representatives |
Election Date: | 3 September 2007 |
Turnout: | 61.46% (2.40pp) |
Leader1: | Bruce Golding |
Party1: | Jamaica Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 47.38%, 26 seats |
Seats1: | 32 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 410,438 |
Percentage1: | 50.27% |
Swing1: | 2.89pp |
Leader2: | Portia Simpson-Miller |
Party2: | People's National Party |
Last Election2: | 52.09%, 34 seats |
Seats2: | 28 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 405,293 |
Percentage2: | 49.64% |
Swing2: | 2.45pp |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Portia Simpson-Miller |
Before Party: | People's National Party |
After Election: | Bruce Golding |
After Party: | Jamaica Labour Party |
General elections were held in Jamaica on 3 September 2007. They had originally been scheduled for 27 August 2007 but were delayed due to Hurricane Dean.[1] The preliminary results indicated a slim victory for the opposition Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) led by Bruce Golding, which grew by two seats from 31–29 to 33-27 after official recounts.[2] [3] The JLP defeated the People's National Party after eighteen years of unbroken governance.[4]