The Christian Democratic Party was a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
. It first contested national elections in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
, but received only 109 votes and failed to win a seat.
[ Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p433-435 ] It did not contest any further elections.
[Nohlen, p432]
References
Defunct political parties in Jamaica
Defunct Christian political parties
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