Saint Andrew South Western (Jamaica Parliament constituency)
Saint Andrew South Western is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was created in 1959.
Boundaries
The constituency includes Payne Land and Whitfield in St. Andrew Parish. It is represented by Portia Simpson-Miller, current Prime Minister of Jamaica and leader of the People's National Party.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1959 | David Tavares | Jamaica Labour Party | |
1972 | Wilton Hill | Jamaica Labour Party | |
1976 | Portia Simpson | People's National Party | |
1983 | Christopher Rose | Jamaica Labour Party | |
1989 | Portia Simpson Miller | People's National Party |
Elections
General Election 2011: Saint Andrew South Western | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
People's National Party | Portia Simpson-Miller | 10,973 | 94.94 | +0.97 | |
Jamaica Labour | Victor Hyde | 553 | 4.78 | -0.97 | |
Majority | 10,420 | 90.16 | +2.22 | ||
Turnout | 11,526 | 52.00 | -5.09 | ||
People's National Party hold | |||||
General Election 2007: Saint Andrew South Western | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
People's National Party | Portia Simpson-Miller | 9,360 | 93.97 | -0.16 | |
Jamaica Labour | Garnett Reid | 601 | 6.03 | +0.16 | |
Majority | 8,759 | 87.94 | -0.32 | ||
Turnout | 9,961 | 57.09 | +0.93 | ||
People's National Party hold | |||||
General Election 2002: Saint Andrew South Western | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
People's National Party | Portia Simpson-Miller | 9,716 | 94.02 | -3.97 | |
Jamaica Labour | Garnett Reid | 618 | 5.98 | +3.97 | |
Majority | 9,098 | 88.04 | -7.94 | ||
Turnout | 10,334 | 51.41 | -29.98 | ||
People's National Party hold | |||||
General Election 1997: Saint Andrew South Western | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
People's National Party | Portia Simpson-Miller | 15,191 | 97.99 | -1.58 | |
Jamaica Labour | Basil Smith | 312 | 2.01 | +1.58 | |
Majority | 14,879 | 95.98 | -3.16 | ||
Turnout | 15,503 | 81.30 | -9.90 | ||
People's National Party hold | |||||
General Election 1993: Saint Andrew South Western | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
People's National Party | Portia Simpson-Miller | 16,439 | 99.57 | +1.66 | |
Jamaica Labour | Basil Smith | 71 | 0.43 | -1.66 | |
Majority | 16,368 | 99.14 | +3.32 | ||
Turnout | 16,510 | 91.20 | -3.40 | ||
People's National Party hold | |||||
General Election 1989: Saint Andrew South Western | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
People's National Party | Portia Simpson-Miller | 18,577 | 97.91 | NEW | ||
Jamaica Labour | Royland Williams | 396 | 2.09 | -97.91 | ||
Majority | 18,181 | 95.82 | ||||
Turnout | 18,973 | 94.60 | ||||
People's National Party gain from Jamaica Labour | ||||||
General Election 1983: Saint Andrew South Western | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Jamaica Labour | Christopher Rose (unopposed) | |||||
Jamaica Labour gain from People's National Party | ||||||
General Election 1980: Saint Andrew South Western | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
People's National Party | Portia Simpson | 17,192 | 79.17 | +3.54 | |
Jamaica Labour | Tom Tavares-Finson | 4,524 | 20.83 | -3.54 | |
Majority | 12,668 | 58.34 | +7.08 | ||
Turnout | 21,716 | 105.06 | +10.46 | ||
People's National Party hold | |||||
General Election 1976: Saint Andrew South Western | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
People's National Party | Portia Simpson | 13,584 | 75.63 | +39.99 | ||
Jamaica Labour | Royland Williams | 4,376 | 24.37 | -39.99 | ||
Majority | 9,208 | 51.26 | +22.54 | |||
Turnout | 17,960 | 94.60 | +20.63 | |||
People's National Party gain from Jamaica Labour | ||||||
General Election 1972: Saint Andrew South Western | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Jamaica Labour | Wilton Hill | 7,261 | 64.36 | ||
People's National Party | Jason Gordon | 4,020 | 35.64 | ||
Majority | 3,241 | 28.72 | |||
Turnout | 11,281 | 73.97 | |||
Jamaica Labour hold | |||||