2012 Jamaican local elections
Local government elections were held on 26 March 2012 in
Councillor candidates are nominated by political parties in the electoral divisions and are voted on and directly elected by the
Background
With local government elections constitutionally due every three years, these elections were due on 5 December 2010.[2][3] The elections were delayed several times before finally being called by the newly elected PNP government.
These elections followed the 2011 general elections in which the PNP was returned to governance.
Results
The People's National Party secured a
Councillor election
Parish councils
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228 Jamaican electoral divisions 13 Parish Councils/Municipal Councils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The party which controls each of the 13 parish councils and appoints a mayor for the capital of the parish is the party which wins the majority of divisions in the parish. In the case that neither party holds a majority in a parish council, an elected
Parish Councils | PNP | JLP | Other | Mayorship | Deputy Mayorship | ||||
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Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation | 26 | 14 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
St. Catherine | 15 | 14 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
St. Thomas | 7 | 3 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
Portland | 5 | 4 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
St. Mary | 8 | 5 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
St. Ann | 11 | 5 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
Trelawny | 4 | 4 | 1 | PNP | JLP | ||||
St. James | 13 | 4 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
Hanover | 5 | 1 | 1 | PNP | PNP | ||||
Clarendon | 12 | 10 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
Manchester | 11 | 4 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
St. Elizabeth | 9 | 6 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
Westmoreland | 14 | 0 | 0 | PNP | PNP | ||||
Total | 151 | 75 | 2 | 13 (PNP: 13) (JLP: 0) |
13 (PNP: 12) (JLP: 1) | ||||
Source: Jamaica Gleaner |
Parties | Votes | % | +/– | Electoral divisions |
+/– | Parish councils[5] |
+/– | Mayoral positions |
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People's National Party | 318,097 | 55.99 | +8.47 | 151 | +57 | 12 | +9 | 13 | +10 |
Jamaica Labour Party | 245,717 | 43.25 | –9.42 | 75 | –58 | 0 | -9 | 0 | -10 |
Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party
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280 | 0.05 | 0 | NEW | 0 | NEW | 0 | NEW | |
Independents | 4,047 | 0.71 | +0.61 | 2 | +2 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 |
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Total (turnout 34.5%) | 568,141 | 100 | 228 | +1 | 13 | ±0 | 13 | ±0 | |
Source: Jamaica Gleaner |
Portmore mayoral election
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The Mayor of Portmore is the chairman of the Portmore Municipal Council, the
Despite being within the Saint Catherine, due to its population; Portmore was granted city status and 'independence' from the Saint Catherine Parish Council.
References
- ^ Local government elections 26 March 2012 [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Local Government elections postponed". 15 December 2010.
- ^ "Local government elections delayed". 10 February 2011.
- ^ Local elections 2012
- ^ The Trelawney parish council was tied so no party has a majority in that parish council. The mayoral position was awarded to the PNP by the one elected independent candidate in the parish.