2016 Jamaican general election
General elections were held in Jamaica on 25 February 2016. The elections were largely a contest between the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The result was a narrow victory for the JLP, which won 32 of the 63 seats. One political commentator described the poll as "the closest election Jamaica has ever had".
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All 63 seats in the House of Representatives 32 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 48.4% ( 4.8 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by constituency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The JLP's share of the vote was the lowest for a winning party since 1962, when the JLP won 50.1% of the vote, and its resulting majority in the House of Representatives was the narrowest since the 1949 elections. A similarly close election occurred in 2007, in which two seats changed hands on recounts.
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