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    General elections were held in Jamaica on 18 December 1997. The ruling People's National Party of Prime Minister P. J. Patterson won 50 of the 60 seats...
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    General elections were held in Jamaica on Thursday, 3 September 2020 to elect 63 members of Parliament. As the constitution stipulates a five-year parliamentary...
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    General elections were held in Jamaica on 30 March 1993. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 52 of the 60 seats. Voter...
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    General elections were held in Jamaica on 16 October 2002. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 34 of the 60 seats, whilst...
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    1992–2002. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers. "Jamaican general election results 3 September 2007". Caribbean Elections: Jamaican Election Centre. Archived...
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    landslide victory in the 2020 Jamaican general election. The prime minister is formally appointed into office by the governor general, who represents King Charles...
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  • the JLP's eight seats, while in 1997 the PNP won 50 of the 60 seats available. In the 2002 Jamaican general election, the PNP retained power with a reduced...
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    Andrew Holness (category Use Jamaican English from March 2012)
    gun laws on violence in Jamaican society. Holness was first elected to the Jamaican parliament in the 1997 general election as the member of parliament...
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    were the Local Government Elections of 2024, held on February 26, 2024. The next elections are the 2025 General Elections. In 2008, Prime Minister Bruce...
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    victory in 1993, 1997, and 2002, becoming the first political leader in Jamaican history to win three successive general elections. In 1993, the PNP...
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    Edward Seaga (category Jamaican members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
    also used his position to continue to promote Jamaican music. Following the 1967 Jamaican general election, Seaga was appointed Minister of Finance and...
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    officials and the Jamaican upper class was reinforced in London, where the West India Committee lobbied for Jamaican interests. Jamaica's white or near-white...
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    Michael Manley (category Use Jamaican English from March 2012)
    OCC PC (10 December 1924 – 6 March 1997) was a Jamaican politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to...
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  • made its presence known in the general election in December 1997. Although the two main political parties of Jamaica received the majority of votes,...
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    P. J. Patterson (category Use Jamaican English from March 2012)
    to mitigate, reduce poverty and social deprivation. In the 1997 Jamaican general election, Patterson led the PNP to a third consecutive victory, breaking...
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    The 2016 Jamaican local elections were held on November 28, 2016. "Jamaica Labour Party Wins Local Government ElectionsJamaica Information Service"...
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  • British Jamaicans (or Jamaican British people) are British people who were born in Jamaica or who are of Jamaican descent. The community is well into...
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    Portland Eastern in January 1998 having been elected in the 1997 Jamaican general election. In 2005, he launched the first online Master of Education Leadership...
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    Ronald Thwaites". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 22 October 2020. "Jamaica General Election Results (1997)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 22 October...
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    vote in elections to the Assembly, though they had to own property, so the white planters continued to dominate it. Jamaican general elections, 1677–1863...
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    1962 Jamaican general election, the JLP won 26 seats and the PNP 19. The voter turnout was 72.9%. This resulted in the independence of Jamaica on 6 August...
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  • this election. 2011 Jamaican general election – The People's National Party (PNP) led by Portia Simpson-Miller secured 42 seats to 21 for the Jamaica Labour...
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    Jamaican general election, he was defeated by current Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, by a 49-14 seat margin. However, the turnout at this election was...
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    constituency during the 1989 general election, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). He lost the seat in the next 1993 general election to Jepthah Ford of...
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    Miss Universe 1997 was the 46th Miss Universe pageant, held on 16 May 1997 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, United States...
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  • The 13th Parliament of Jamaica was sworn in after being elected at the 2016 Jamaican general election. "PM, JLP, political ombudsman remind J'cans that...
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    of Jamaica Ministries and agencies of the Jamaican government Troy Caine (August 6, 2017). "Jamaica's political journey to Independence". Jamaica Observer...
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  • "General Election result, May 1997". Archived from the original on 25 May 1998. Retrieved 22 October 2018. "1987 Senate of Virginia General Election District...
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  • Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. The current MP, since 1997, is Andrew...
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