2002 Jamaican general election

General elections were held in Jamaica on 16 October 2002.[1] The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 34 of the 60 seats, whilst voter turnout was 59.1%.[1] PNP leader P. J. Patterson retained his position as Prime Minister, becoming the first political leader to win three successive elections. Patterson stepped down on 26 February 2006, and was replaced by Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaica's first female Prime Minister.

2002 Jamaica general election
16 October 2002 (2002-10-16)
All 60 seats in the Jamaica House of Representatives
  First party Second party
 
Leader P.J. Patterson Edward Seaga
Party PNP JLP
Leader's seat Westmoreland Eastern Kingston West
Last election 50 seats, 56.2% 10 seats, 38.9%
Seats before 50 10
Seats won 34 26
Seat change 16 16
Popular vote 396,590 360,718
Percentage 52.1% 47.4%
Swing 4.1% 8.5%
Prime Minister before election

P.J. Patterson
PNP

 Subsequent Prime Minister

P.J. Patterson
PNP

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/-
People's National Party396,59052.134-16
Jamaica Labour Party360,71847.426+16
National Democratic Movement-Jamaica National Alliance for Unity2,8950.400
United People's Party5480.10New
Imperial Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated Political Party1620.00New
Independents4520.100
Invalid/blank votes7,393–––
Total768,758100600
Source: Nohlen
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References
  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p430 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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