Country: | Jamaica |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Previous Election: | 2020 Jamaican general election |
Ongoing: | yes |
Image1: | Andrew_Holness_Press_(cropped)_2.jpg |
Leader1: | Andrew Holness |
Party1: | Jamaica Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 57.07%, 49 seats |
Seats Before1: | 49 |
Leader2: | Mark Golding |
Party2: | People's National Party |
Seats Before2: | 14 seats |
Last Election2: | 42.76%, 14 seats |
Seats For Election: | All 63 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 32 |
Seats Needed2: | 18 |
Election Date: | By November 2025 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Andrew Holness |
Before Party: | Jamaica Labour Party |
General elections are scheduled to be held in Jamaica by 2025.
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte said that Jamaica would transition to being a Republic before the next general election.[1]
The 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]
Date | Pollster | Samplesize | Other | Non-voting | Lead | ||||
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26 February 2024 | 2024 Jamaican local elections | – | 47.8 | 51.8 | 0.6 | – | data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;" | 4 | |
24 November – 7 December 2023 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll[8] | 1,015 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 35 | data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;" | 3 | |
17 – 26 February 2023 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll[9] | 1,002 | 27.9 | 28.1 | 19 | 25 | data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;" | 0.2 | |
13 September 2022 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll[10] | - | 31 | 18 | 17 | 34 | data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;" | 13 | |
22 September 2021 | RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll[11] | 1,003 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 31 | data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;" | 11 | |
3 September 2020 | 2020 general election | – | 57.1 | 42.8 | 0.1 | – | data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;" | 14.3 |
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