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Jamaica's fourteen parishes are subdivided into sixty-three constituencies. The country follows the Westminster system and elects sixty-three Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Jamaica House of Representatives .
Jamaica's fourteen parishes are ... The following is the list of electoral divisions (as at April 2019) in each constituency. County Parish Constituency Electoral ...
Pages in category "Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Parliament of Jamaica has two chambers: . The House of Representatives has 63 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies.; The Senate has 21 appointed members: 13 chosen by the Prime Minister and 8 by the Leader of the Opposition.
According to the Jamaica Population Census of 2011, the number of persons living in the constituency was 36,689, while the number of registered voters was 24,826. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] As of the 2020 general election , the number of registered electors in the constituency was 29,852.
It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. [1] [2] The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. [3] The current MP is the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2002. [4]
Westmoreland Western is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Jamaica. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944.
Saint James West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1976 general election. [1]