Jamaican general election, 2020

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The Jamaican general election of 2020 was a parliamentary election in which Jamaicans voted to choose members of the House of Representatives and determine the governing party of the country.

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instanceOf parliamentary election
calledBy Andrew Holness
campaignContext COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica
campaignMethodRestrictions limits on mass rallies due to COVID-19
country Jamaica
electionDate 2020-09-03
electionType early general election
electoralCommission Electoral Office of Jamaica
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
governmentFormed Holness administration (third term as prime minister)
governorGeneralAtTimeOfElection Patrick Allen
hasPart election of members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica
incumbentGovernmentBeforeElection Jamaica Labour Party
incumbentPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Andrew Holness
JamaicaLabourPartyPopularVote 408,376
JamaicaLabourPartyPopularVoteShare 57.07%
JamaicaLabourPartySeatChange +16
leaderOfMainOppositionParty Peter Phillips
leaderOfWinningParty Andrew Holness
legislativeBodyElected House of Representatives of Jamaica
mainIssues corruption and governance
crime and security
economic recovery and jobs
management of COVID-19 pandemic
mainOppositionParty People's National Party
majorityThresholdInHouse 32
monarchAtTimeOfElection Elizabeth II
nextElection Jamaican general election, 2025
numberOfConstituencies 63
numberOfRegisteredVoters 1,913,410
numberOfSeatsContested 63
observers local and international election observers
overallAssessmentByObservers generally free and fair
parliamentaryTermNumber 14th Parliament of Jamaica
parliamentaryTermStart 2020-09-10
PeoplesNationalPartyLeaderResignation Peter Phillips announced intention to resign after defeat
PeoplesNationalPartyPopularVote 306,955
PeoplesNationalPartyPopularVoteShare 42.76%
PeoplesNationalPartySeatChange -16
previousElection Jamaican general election, 2016
primeMinisterAfterElection Andrew Holness
reasonForEarlyElection seeking renewed mandate amid COVID-19 and economic challenges
reasonForLowTurnout COVID-19 pandemic
resultType landslide victory for Jamaica Labour Party
seatsWonByJamaicaLabourParty 49
seatsWonByPeoplesNationalParty 14
voterTurnout 37.85%
voterTurnoutIsRecordLow true
winningParty Jamaica Labour Party

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Jamaica Labour Party participatedIn Jamaican general election, 2020
Jamaica Labour Party wonElection Jamaican general election, 2020
Jamaican general election, 2016 nextElection Jamaican general election, 2020