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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 (JLP) led by Bruce Golding, which grew by two seats from 31–29 to 33-27 after official recounts.
Though the years are fixed due to the five-year term of the prime minister, the date of the election is traditionally announced by the ruling party one month in advance. Recently, there has been debate over whether this "flexible date" system is the best for Jamaica, or whether the government should switch to a fixed date system.
In February 2011, it came to light that Warmington had been a U.S. citizen at the time of his 2007 nomination, meaning that he was constitutionally ineligible to sit in Parliament; this was part of a widespread scandal in Jamaica involving MPs on both sides of the aisle, including Daryl Vaz, Michael Stern, Shahine Robinson, and Gregory Mair of ...
The PNP lost the August 2007 election to the JLP by a narrow margin of 32 seats to 28, with a turnout of 61.46%. [30] This election ended 18 years of PNP rule, and Bruce Golding became the new prime minister. [31] In the 29 December 2011 general election, the PNP was returned to power with 42 of the 63 seats in Jamaica's parliament. At first ...
2007 Kiribati presidential election; 2007 Marshall Islands general election; 2007 Micronesian parliamentary election; 2007 Micronesian presidential election; 2007 Nauruan parliamentary election; 2007 Nauruan presidential election; 2007 New Zealand local elections; 2007 Northern Mariana Islands general election; 2007 Papua New Guinean general ...
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Harris retained the seat with 10,164 votes versus 8,642 cast for Dennis Meadows of the JLP in the 2007 general election. [14] In the 2011 general election, Patrick Atkinson, who had replaced Harris as the PNP's candidate, gained 10,869 votes to 8,548 for the JLP's Meadows, and 57 for Ras Astor Black of the Jamaica Alliance Movement (JAM). [15]
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