Jamaican general election, 2002
Jamaica general election, 2002
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16 October 2002 (2002-10-16) |
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All 60 seats in the Jamaica House of Representatives |
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First party |
Second party |
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Leader |
P.J. Patterson |
Edward Seaga |
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Party |
People's National Party |
Jamaica Labour |
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Leader's seat |
Westmoreland Eastern |
Kingston West |
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Last election |
50 seats, 56.2% |
10 seats, 38.9% |
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Seats before |
50 |
10 |
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Seats won |
34 |
26 |
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Seat change |
16 |
16 |
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Popular vote |
396,590 |
360,718 |
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Percentage |
52.1% |
47.4% |
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Swing |
4.1% |
8.5% |
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General elections were held in Jamaica on 16 October 2002.[1] The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 34 of the 60 seats, whilst voter turnout was 59.1%.[1] PNP leader P. J. Patterson retained his position as Prime Minister, becoming the first political leader to win three successive elections. Patterson stepped down on 26 February 2006, and was replaced by Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaica's first female Prime Minister.
Results
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p430 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6