The 2024 Jamaican local government elections were held on 26 February 2024. [1] Nomination day was on February 8, 2024. 228 divisions and the leadership of 14 municipal bodies will be elected. [2]
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228 Jamaican electoral divisions 13 Municipal corporations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The elections were delayed by 12 months in February 2023. [3] [4] The election will be overseen by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica. [5]
In December 2023, a poll suggested that 38% of Jamaicans intended to participate. [6]
The Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) reported that the local elections proceeded with no major incident. [7] There were 365 polling stations. [8]
Parties | Votes | % | +/– | Electoral divisions |
+/– | Municipal corporations |
+/– | ||
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People's National Party | 326,450 | 51.83 | +5.45 | 115 | +19 | 6 | +2 | ||
Jamaica Labour Party | 301,043 | 47.80 | –3.96 | 113 | –18 | 7 | -2 | ||
Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party | 41 | 0.01 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Independents | 3,957 | 0.63 | -0.08 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
Total | 629,825 | 100 | 228 | ±0 | 13 | ±0 | |||
Source: Electoral Office of Jamaica |
Parish Councils | JLP | PNP | Mayorship | Deputy Mayorship | |||||
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Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation | 20 | 20 | PNP | JLP | |||||
St. Catherine | 20 | 21 | PNP | PNP | |||||
St. Thomas | 6 | 4 | JLP | JLP | |||||
Portland | 7 | 2 | JLP | JLP | |||||
St. Mary | 6 | 7 | PNP | PNP | |||||
St. Ann | 11 | 5 | JLP | JLP | |||||
Trelawny | 6 | 3 | JLP | JLP | |||||
St. James | 11 | 6 | JLP | JLP | |||||
Hanover | 0 | 7 | PNP | PNP | |||||
Clarendon | 12 | 10 | JLP | JLP | |||||
Manchester | 3 | 12 | PNP | PNP | |||||
St. Elizabeth | 9 | 6 | JLP | JLP | |||||
Westmoreland | 3 | 11 | PNP | PNP | |||||
Total | 113 | 115 | 13 (JLP: 7) (PNP: 6) |
13 (JLP: 8) (PNP: 5) | |||||
Source: Electoral Office of Jamaica |