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1980 Jamaican general election

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Field	Value
country	Jamaica
previous_election	[1976](1976-jamaican-general-election)
next_election	[1983](1983-jamaican-general-election)
election_date	30 October 1980
election_name	1980 Jamaica general election
seats_for_election	All 60 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	31
turnout	86.91% ( 1.70pp)
party1	Jamaica Labour Party
leader1	Edward Seaga
percentage1	58.88
seats1	51
last_election1	13
party2	People's National Party
leader2	Michael Manley
percentage2	41.05
seats2	9
last_election2	47
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Michael Manley
before_party	People's National Party
after_election	Edward Seaga
after_party	Jamaica Labour Party

General elections were held in Jamaica on 30 October 1980. The balance of power in the 60-seat Jamaican House of Representatives was dramatically-shifted. Prior to the vote, the People's National Party (PNP), led by Prime Minister Michael Manley, had a 47 to 13 majority over the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), led by Edward Seaga. With the loss by 38 PNP incumbents to their JLP challengers, Seaga's party captured a 51 to 9 majority and Seaga replaced Manley as Prime Minister of Jamaica. Voter turnout was 87%.

Conduct

The elections were marked by gun violence, exacerbated by economic pressure related to IMF austerity, lay-offs of public workers, and blackouts due to a national electric strike. 153 elderly women died in the Eventide Home fire on 20 May, which was suspected, but not proven, to have been started by politically-motivated arsonists.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
H.G. Helps. (30 October 2012). "The bloody general election that changed Jamaica". Jamaica Observer.
[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/remembering-the-eventide-home-fire-victims_133743 Remembering the Eventide Home fire victims] Jamaica Observer, 21 May 2018

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