General elections were held in Jamaica on 25 February 2016. The elections were largely a contest between the governing People's National Party and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party. The result was a
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Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller is a Jamaican politician who served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2016. She was leader of the People's National Party from 2005 to 2017
2016 Jamaican general election
…was the narrowest since the 1949 elections. A similarly close election occurred in 2007, in which two seats changed hands on recounts. Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller announced the date of the general election on 31 January 2016. The nomination date of 9 February 2016 was also announced. The election can be considered…
Portia Simpson-Miller with P. J. Patterson and Wykeham McNeill in 2011