Saint James West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the
Jamaican Parliament
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. It elects one
Member of Parliament by the
first past the post
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...
system of election. The constituency was first contested in the
1976 general election.
The current MP is the
Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte of the
Jamaica Labour Party
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP; ) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in se ...
who has been in office since 2016.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the
Granville, Mount Salem, and Spring Garden electoral divisions in
St. James.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections from 2000 to Present
Elections from 1980 to 1999
Elections from 1976 to 1979
See also
*
Politics of Jamaica
Politics in Jamaica takes place in the framework of a representative parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The 1962 Constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system whose political and legal traditions closely follow those ...
*
Elections in Jamaica
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 ...
References
Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica
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