{"iso":"JM","name":"Jamaica","flag":"\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2","vote":"House of Representatives \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2025-09-03","source":"2025 election result, official count","credit":"General election results as published by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, official count","shares":{"JLP":50.5,"PNP":49.2},"polls":[],"parties":{"JLP":{"name":"Jamaica Labour Party","color":"#00A94C"},"PNP":{"name":"People's National Party","color":"#fb740a"}},"primer":{"system":"Parliamentary constitutional monarchy","head_of_state":"King Charles III, represented by Governor-General Patrick Allen","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Andrew Holness","legislature":"Parliament \u00b7 a 63-seat elected House of Representatives and a 21-member appointed Senate","electoral_system":"First past the post in single-seat constituencies, with elections at least every five years.","government_now":"Andrew Holness's Jamaica Labour Party won the September 2025 election and holds 35 of 63 House seats against the People's National Party's 28.","context":"Politics alternates between the two dominant parties, the JLP and PNP. Senators are appointed on the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders, parliament and elections \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"JLP":["Jamaica Labour Party","","Centre-right, pro-business conservative party of PM Andrew Holness; won a historic third consecutive term in 2025 and governs."],"PNP":["People's National Party","","Centre-left, social-democratic party; the main opposition after the 2025 election."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2025 election","total":63,"seats":{"JLP":35,"PNP":28}},"region_winners":{"Saint Ann":"JLP","Trelawny":"JLP","Saint James":"JLP","Saint Elizabeth":"JLP","Saint Catherine":"JLP","Saint Andrew":"JLP","Hanover":"PNP","Westmoreland":"PNP","Kingston":"PNP","Saint Mary":"PNP"},"region_meta":{"election":"2025 general election (3 September 2025) \u00b7 House of Representatives constituencies","source":"Electoral Commission of Jamaica, official constituency results as published","note":"Each parish is shaded by the party that won the majority of its House of Representatives constituencies at the 3 September 2025 election. The Jamaica Labour Party won a third term with 35 of 63 seats; the People's National Party swept Hanover and Westmoreland and also led Kingston and Saint Mary. Manchester, Clarendon, Saint Thomas and Portland are omitted because their constituency seats split evenly between the two parties."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2030","title":"Jamaican general election","chamber":"House of Representatives","type":"expected"}}