Jamaican general election, 2020

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The Jamaican general election of 2020 was a parliamentary election in which Jamaicans voted to choose members of the House of Representatives and determine the governing party of the country.

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instanceOf parliamentary election ⓘ
calledBy Andrew Holness ⓘ
campaignContext COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica ⓘ
campaignMethodRestrictions limits on mass rallies due to COVID-19 ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
electionDate 2020-09-03 ⓘ
electionType early general election ⓘ
electoralCommission Electoral Office of Jamaica ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
governmentFormed Holness administration (third term as prime minister) ⓘ
governorGeneralAtTimeOfElection Patrick Allen ⓘ
hasPart election of members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
incumbentGovernmentBeforeElection Jamaica Labour Party ⓘ
incumbentPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Andrew Holness ⓘ
JamaicaLabourPartyPopularVote 408,376 ⓘ
JamaicaLabourPartyPopularVoteShare 57.07% ⓘ
JamaicaLabourPartySeatChange +16 ⓘ
leaderOfMainOppositionParty Peter Phillips ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Andrew Holness ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
mainIssues corruption and governance ⓘ
crime and security ⓘ
economic recovery and jobs ⓘ
management of COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ
mainOppositionParty People's National Party ⓘ
majorityThresholdInHouse 32 ⓘ
monarchAtTimeOfElection Elizabeth II ⓘ
nextElection Jamaican general election, 2025 ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 63 ⓘ
numberOfRegisteredVoters 1,913,410 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 63 ⓘ
observers local and international election observers ⓘ
overallAssessmentByObservers generally free and fair ⓘ
parliamentaryTermNumber 14th Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart 2020-09-10 ⓘ
PeoplesNationalPartyLeaderResignation Peter Phillips announced intention to resign after defeat ⓘ
PeoplesNationalPartyPopularVote 306,955 ⓘ
PeoplesNationalPartyPopularVoteShare 42.76% ⓘ
PeoplesNationalPartySeatChange -16 ⓘ
previousElection Jamaican general election, 2016 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Andrew Holness ⓘ
reasonForEarlyElection seeking renewed mandate amid COVID-19 and economic challenges ⓘ
reasonForLowTurnout COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ
resultType landslide victory for Jamaica Labour Party ⓘ
seatsWonByJamaicaLabourParty 49 ⓘ
seatsWonByPeoplesNationalParty 14 ⓘ
voterTurnout 37.85% ⓘ
voterTurnoutIsRecordLow true ⓘ
winningParty Jamaica Labour Party ⓘ

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Jamaica Labour Party → participatedIn → Jamaican general election, 2020 ⓘ
Jamaica Labour Party → wonElection → Jamaican general election, 2020 ⓘ
Jamaican general election, 2016 → nextElection → Jamaican general election, 2020 ⓘ