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2002 Jamaican general election

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Field	Value
country	Jamaica
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1997 Jamaican general election
previous_year	1997
next_election	2007 Jamaican general election
next_year	2007
seats_for_election	All 60 seats in the House of Representatives
election_date
turnout	59.06% ( 6.16pp)
party1	People's National Party
leader1	P.J. Patterson
image1
last_election1	50
seats1	34
seat_change1	16
popular_vote1	396,590
percentage1	52.09%
party2	Jamaica Labour Party
leader2	Edward Seaga
image2
last_election2	10
seats2	26
seat_change2	16
popular_vote2	360,718
percentage2	47.38%
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	P.J. Patterson
before_party	People's National Party
after_election	P.J. Patterson
after_party	People's National Party

General elections were held in Jamaica on 16 October 2002. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 34 of the 60 seats, whilst voter turnout was 59%. 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.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6

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