Jamaican election news

[mikesiva]

It's election season in the Caribbean, it seems....

First St Lucia, then Guyana, and now Jamaica, who will go to the polls on Dec 29....

"A majority of Jamaicans believe that Andrew Holness is a better leader than Portia Simpson Miller to represent the country locally and overseas. This was one of the findings of the latest Observer/Don Anderson Polls conducted between December 5 and 11, 2011. Anderson and his Market Research Services team interviewed 1,000 registered voters in all parishes in the island, covering over 150 different locations. The margin of error was plus or minus 3%. Asked which of the two leaders would be better able to represent the country overseas, 44.2 per cent of Jamaicans polled said the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader and Prime Minister Andrew Holness, compared with 38.9 per cent who said People's National Party (PNP) leader and former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller."


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Andrew Holness is the new-look leader of the JLP after the resignation of prime minister Bruce Golding....

[BallOil]

hmmm Why Dec 29? most people busy celebrating the holidays...

[mikesiva]

hmmm Why Dec 29? most people busy celebrating the holidays...

Maybe that might prevent those idiots with guns from killing each other during this election....

[mikesiva]

"With a few metres left before the finish line is crossed in the race for Gordon House, the People's National Party (PNP) has made a rally that has seen it sweep past the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the latest check on who is likely to be crowned champion come December 29. While the two parties remain in a statistical dead heat, the PNP seems to have snatched the momentum from the JLP over the past few days. The latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll has found that if Jamaicans were asked to vote today, 38 per cent would cast their ballot for the PNP while 36 per cent would vote JLP. With the poll having a sampling error of plus or minus four per cent, there is really nothing separating the two parties going down to the line. But the PNP seems to have the edge, gaining six percentage points in the past week while the JLP has not moved an inch."

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[BallOil]

how are things shaping up in JA? Who do you think will win tomorrow?

[mikesiva]

how are things shaping up in JA? Who do you think will win tomorrow?

Here's a good summary of the recent political history of Jamaica....

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"ANDREW HOLNESS, at nightfall today, could find himself the first post-Independence leader and the youngest elected prime minister at 39 years old, if the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) finds favour with the Jamaican electorate. Conversely, Portia Simpson Miller could get her first electoral mandate from the people if her Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has its way with the voters. Jamaicans go to the polls today in what pollsters are predicting to be a close contest and which only the brave are willing to call."


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The latest Don Anderson poll suggests that the PNP will win a close contest....

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And, as is the Caribbean tradition, the losers are bound to claim electoral fraud.

[BallOil]

Thanks for the info Mike...

Polling stations across the country will be opened at 7:00 am and are slated to close at 5:00 pm, following which box-by-box counting begins at counting centres across the island. The winning party from the preliminary count should be known by about 11:00 pm.

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[mikesiva]

"Jamaica's opposition People's National Party has secured a big election victory after a campaign dominated by the economy. The result means a return by veteran PNP politician Portia Simpson Miller to the post of prime minister. Current PM Andrew Holness said it was a "humbling" defeat for his Jamaica Labour Party. The snap election was called earlier this month by Mr Holness who succeeded Bruce Golding as JLP leader in October. Despite forecasts of a close race, preliminary official results showed that Mrs Simpson Miller's party had won 41 seats out of 63 for a big majority in parliament. Mrs Simpson Miller, 66, was first elected to parliament in 1976 and became Jamaica's first woman prime minister in 2006-07."

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[BallOil]

Wow...that was quick unlike the Guyana election...

[mikesiva]

"Jamaicans will go to the polls on February 25, 2016. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller made the announcement a short while ago at a People’s National Party (PNP) mass rally in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew. Nomination day is set for Tuesday, February 9."

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