2007 Jamaican general election

General elections were held in Jamaica on 3 September 2007. They had originally been scheduled for 27 August 2007 but were delayed due to Hurricane Dean.[1] The preliminary results indicated a slim victory for the opposition Jamaican Labour Party led by Bruce Golding, which grew by two seats from 31–29 to 33-27 after official recounts. The JLP defeated the People's National Party after eighteen years of unbroken governance.[2]

2007 Jamaica general election
3 September 2007 (2007-09-03)
All 60 seats in the Jamaica House of Representatives
  First party Second party
 
Leader Bruce Golding Portia Simpson-Miller
Party JLP PNP
Leader's seat Kingston West Saint Andrew South Western
Last election 26 seats, 47.4% 34 seats, 52.1%
Seats before 26 34
Seats won 32 28
Seat change 6 6
Popular vote 410,438 405,293
Percentage 50.27% 49.64%
Swing 2.9% 2.5%
Prime Minister before election

Portia Simpson-Miller
PNP

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Bruce Golding
JLP

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Jamaica Labour Party410,43850.2732+6
People's National Party405,29349.6428–6
National Democratic Movement3540.0400
Imperial Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated Political Party1920.0200
Jerusalem Bread Foundation90.000New
Independents2200.0300
Total816,506100.00600
Valid votes816,50699.41
Invalid/blank votes4,8190.59
Total votes821,325100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,336,30761.46
Source: Electoral Commission of Jamaica

References
  1. Jamaica slated for Aug. 27 election The Star, 9 July 2007
  2. Pollster's diary: virtual motion picture of campaign 2007 Archived 2008-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, Jamaica Gleaner, September 9, 2007


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