Jamaica. Legislative Election 1997
By Alex Kireev
JAMAICA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 DECEMBER 1997 ========================================================= Election to the House of Representatives Source: Jamaica Gleaner website Parties --------------------------------------------------------- * JLP - Jamaica Labour Party * NDM - National Democratic Movement * PNP - People's National Party These statistics do not include independent and minor Party candidates. NATIONAL SUMMARY ========================================================= Party votes % seats --------------------------------------------------------- Jamaica Labour Party 302,578 39.1 9 National Democratic Movement 40,483 05.2 - People's National Party 431,138 55.7 51 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 774,199 60 --------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ========================================================= CLARENDON CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Henry Richard Chen NDM 4,854 28.2 Coy GRANDISON JLP 7,454 43.3 Mike Henry * PNP 4,888 28.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,196 --------------------------------------------------------- CLARENDON NORTH ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Horace DALLEY * PNP 6,846 58.0 Capt R Francis JLP 4,723 40.0 Ali McDonald NDM 226 01.9 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,795 --------------------------------------------------------- CLARENDON NORTH-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- George LYN * PNP 5,672 50.4 Pearnel Charles JLP 5,195 46.2 Dr D Dyer-Morgan NDM 374 00.3 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,241 --------------------------------------------------------- CLARENDON NORTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- C Marshall * PNP 5,739 42.9 Michael Stern NDM 1,688 12.6 Cliff STONE JLP 5,943 44.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,370 --------------------------------------------------------- CLARENDON SOUTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Basil BURRELL + PNP 7,226 48.7 St Andrew Sinclair NDM 412 02.8 E B Singh JLP 7,195 48.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,833 --------------------------------------------------------- CLARENDON SOUTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Charles LEARMOND + PNP 7,737 61.5 Joel Williams JLP 4,535 36.0 V Bailey-Coke NDM 315 02.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,587 --------------------------------------------------------- HANOVER EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Delbert Blair NDM 341 03.3 Canute BROWN + PNP 5,576 54.8 Basil Buck JLP 4,253 41.8 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,170 --------------------------------------------------------- HANOVER WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Ben CLARE * PNP 6,978 55.0 Shaun Reynolds NDM 898 07.1 Travis Spence JLP 4,805 37.9 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,681 --------------------------------------------------------- KINGSTON CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Ronald THWAITES + PNP 6,910 59.4 Christine Marcia-Davis JLP 4,643 39.9 Charles Gangasingh NDM 70 00.6 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,623 --------------------------------------------------------- KINGSTON EAST AND PORT RYL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- R Danny French NDM 149 01.6 Hon Phillip PAULWELL * PNP 8,098 86.3 Wellesley Richards JLP 1,136 12.1 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,383 --------------------------------------------------------- KINGSTON WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Errar PNP 2,072 15.3 Anthony Morgan NDM 33 00.2 Rt Hon Edward SEAGA * JLP 11,440 84.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,545 --------------------------------------------------------- MANCHESTER CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Frank Genus JLP 5,305 37.5 Hon John JUNOR * PNP 7,987 56.5 Janet McGowan NDM 846 06.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,138 --------------------------------------------------------- MANCHESTER NORTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Chen NDM 1,851 12.9 Errol Gentles PNP 5,569 38.7 Audley SHAW * JLP 6,965 48.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,385 --------------------------------------------------------- MANCHESTER NORTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Dean PEART * PNP 7,631 66.8 Ransford Uter JLP 3,305 28.9 Tim Scarlett NDM 488 04.3 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,424 --------------------------------------------------------- MANCHESTER SOUTH ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Eddie Muschamp NDM 299 02.2 Michael PEART * PNP 8,029 60.4 Authur Williams JLP 4,965 37.3 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,293 --------------------------------------------------------- PORTLAND EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Mernell Lindner NDM 213 01.7 Donald RHODD + PNP 7,738 62.4 Sam Roberts JLP 4,438 35.8 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,389 --------------------------------------------------------- PORTLAND WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Errol ENNIS * PNP 6,282 60.3 H Hammond JLP 4,129 39.7 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,411 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Dr P Broderick JLP 4,626 41.9 Colin CAMPBELL * PNP 5,112 46.4 Wentworth Charles NDM 1,293 11.7 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,031 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW EAST-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Godfrey McAllister JLP 2,419 22.5 Hon Dr Peter PHILLIPS * PNP 7,881 73.4 Errol Stephenson NDM 440 04.1 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,740 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW EAST RURAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Horace CLUE * PNP 6,769 53.7 Dr A Foote NDM 1,026 08.1 Ossie Harding JLP 4,819 38.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,614 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW NORTH-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Barbara Clarke NDM 1,405 14.7 Sonia Rickards PNP 3,609 37.7 Karl SAMUDA * JLP 4,558 47.6 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,572 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW NORTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Delroy CHUCK JLP 4,779 49.9 K Kirlew-Robertson * PNP 3,330 34.8 Douglas Vaz NDM 1,459 15.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,568 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW NORTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Dr J Ford PNP 3,833 40.5 Derrick SMITH * JLP 4,711 49.7 Cordette Lewis NDM 924 09.7 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,468 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW SOUTH ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- John Causewell NDM 54 00.4 Hon Dr Omar DAVIES * PNP 12,616 90.8 Dennis Messias JLP 1,217 08.8 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,887 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW SOUTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Harold Brady JLP 3,247 33.7 Hon Easton DOUGLAS * PNP 5,686 59.1 Peter Townsend NDM 686 07.1 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,619 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW SOUTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Hon Portia SIMPSON * PNP 15,385 98.0 Basil Smith JLP 312 02.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,697 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Lee Clarke JLP 3,099 24.8 Nelson Quarry NDM 119 00.9 O T WILLIAMS * PNP 9,271 74.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,489 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW WEST-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Warren BLAKE + PNP 8,436 47.4 Andre Holness JLP 8,314 46.7 Steve Dally NDM 42 00.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,792 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANDREW WEST RURAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Louis Josephs NDM 724 05.2 Vernon ROBINSON * PNP 6,710 48.7 Neil Seaton JLP 6,353 46.1 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,787 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANN NORTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Mike Belnavis JLP 6,937 41.6 Danny MELVILLE * PNP 9,226 55.3 Dr O Tomlinson NDM 518 03.1 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,681 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANN NORTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arnold BERTRAM * PNP 8,241 54.5 Ernest Smith JLP 6,632 43.9 Godfrey Waugh NDM 245 01.6 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,118 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANN SOUTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Harry Douglas NDM 258 02.2 Hon Seymour MULLINGS * PNP 8,472 73.7 Richard Toyloy JLP 2,759 24.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,489 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ANN SOUTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Dr N Gallimore * JLP 5,749 45.6 Albert Lyon NDM 494 03.9 Glenville SHAW PNP 6,369 50.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,612 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Perrin PNP 2,066 19.6 Babsy GRANGE JLP 5,400 51.2 Bruce Golding * NDM 3,082 29.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,548 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE EAST-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Vancliffe Hammond JLP 2,967 27.8 Hon Keith KNIGHT * PNP 7,088 66.4 Gersham McLaughlin NDM 620 05.8 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,675 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE NORTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Bancroft Anglin NDM 119 01.2 Abe Dabdoub JLP 4,712 49.2 Phyllis MITCHELL * PNP 4,750 49.6 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,581 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE NORTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Hyacinth Bennett NDM 416 03.5 Dr S Nesbeth JLP 3,734 31.3 Hon Robert PICKERSGILL * PNP 7,775 65.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,925 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE SOUTH ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Fitz JACKSON * PNP 7,531 56.8 Wayne Leahong NDM 715 05.4 James Robertson JLP 5,011 37.8 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,257 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE SOUTH-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Sharon HAY-WEBSTER + PNP 9,795 61.3 Tom Tavares-Finson JLP 5,986 37.5 Clyde Williams NDM 193 01.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,974 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE SOUTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Janet Mignott JLP 3,282 29.7 Hon Dr Paul ROBERTSON * PNP 6,849 61.9 David Wong-Ken NDM 934 08.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,065 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE SOUTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer EDWARDS * PNP 8,239 51.7 Icy Golding NDM 642 04.0 E Warmington JLP 7,042 44.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,923 --------------------------------------------------------- ST CATHERINE WEST-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Alethia BARKER + PNP 5,737 50.2 Ken Baugh JLP 5,198 45.5 Marcella Williams NDM 499 04.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,434 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ELIZABETH NORTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Hon Roger CLARKE * PNP 10,058 68.9 Winston Lewis NDM 298 02.0 Basil Perriel JLP 4,239 29.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,595 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ELIZABETH NORTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Mel Brown * PNP 5,437 46.5 J C HUTCHINSON JLP 5,949 50.8 Toussaint Lewis NDM 314 02.7 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,700 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ELIZABETH SOUTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Earle Powell NDM 513 03.4 Derrick ROCHESTER * PNP 8,165 55.0 Frank Whitter JLP 6,160 41.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,838 --------------------------------------------------------- ST ELIZABETH SOUTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Hon Danny BUCHANAN * PNP 7,956 52.3 Derrick Sangster JLP 7,246 47.7 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,202 --------------------------------------------------------- ST JAMES EAST-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- E Bartlett JLP 5,126 44.9 Violet NEILSON * PNP 5,851 51.3 Robert Russell NDM 435 03.8 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,412 --------------------------------------------------------- ST JAMES NORTH-WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Pat Austin NDM 546 03.6 Horace Chang JLP 6,691 44.0 C Miller TULLOCH * PNP 7,963 52.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,200 --------------------------------------------------------- ST JAMES SOUTH ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Lincoln Hew NDM 491 04.4 Derrick KELLIER * PNP 7,107 64.3 Lloyd Smith JLP 3,449 31.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,047 --------------------------------------------------------- ST JAMES WEST-CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Ainsley Blair NDM 618 05.2 Tony Lewin JLP 5,246 44.3 Arthur NELSON * PNP 5,973 50.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,837 --------------------------------------------------------- ST MARY CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Horace CLARKE * PNP 7,646 61.8 S Haughton-James JLP 4,548 36.8 Larry Robertson NDM 168 01.3 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,362 --------------------------------------------------------- ST MARY SOUTH-EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Don Creary JLP 4,976 41.5 Harry DOUGLAS * PNP 6,460 53.8 Lorane Ferguson NDM 561 04.7 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,997 --------------------------------------------------------- ST MARY WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Terry GILLETTE * PNP 8,244 55.0 Hyacinth Knight JLP 6,441 43.0 Austin Lee NDM 293 01.9 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,978 --------------------------------------------------------- ST THOMAS EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Fenton FERGUSON * PNP 7,525 54.9 Vic Hutchinson NDM 163 01.2 Dennis Wright JLP 6,013 43.9 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,701 --------------------------------------------------------- ST THOMAS WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Judith Forbes NDM 276 01.8 Anthony HYLTON * PNP 7,726 50.6 Dorothy Lightbourne JLP 7,261 47.6 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,263 --------------------------------------------------------- TRELAWNY NORTH ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Charles Hoshing JLP 6,826 41.2 Philip Service NDM 358 02.2 Wendell STEWART + PNP 9,387 56.6 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,571 --------------------------------------------------------- TRELAWNY SOUTH ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Chen JLP 4,605 43.3 Doreen CHEN PNP 4,767 44.9 Brascoe Lee * NDM 1,251 11.8 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,623 --------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORELAND CENTRAL ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dr Karl BLYTHE * PNP 10,735 59.7 Trevor Brooks JLP 6,448 35.9 Peter Massey NDM 785 04.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,968 --------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORELAND EAST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Dawes JLP 3,733 27.1 Rt Hon Percival PATTERSON * PNP 9,874 71.6 Steadman Roach NDM 174 01.3 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,781 --------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORELAND WEST ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % --------------------------------------------------------- Russell Hammond NDM 3,275 21.6 Wykeham McNEIL + PNP 8,519 56.3 Patrick Williams JLP 3,329 22.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,123 ---------------------------------------------------------
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