Jamaican general election, 2007
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General elections in Jamaica
were held on September 3, 2007. They had originally been scheduled for August 27, 2007 but were delayed due to Hurricane Dean
.http://www.thestar.com/News/article/233840 The preliminary results indicated a slim victory for the opposition Jamaican Labour Party led by Bruce Golding
, which grew by two seats from 31-29 to 33-27 after official recounts. The JLP defeated the People's National Party
after eighteen years of unbroken rule.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
were held on September 3, 2007. They had originally been scheduled for August 27, 2007 but were delayed due to Hurricane Dean
Hurricane Dean
The name Dean was used for five tropical cyclones in the Northern Atlantic Ocean:*1983's Tropical Storm Dean, which struck the coast of Virginia, causing minor erosion and flooding...
.http://www.thestar.com/News/article/233840 The preliminary results indicated a slim victory for the opposition Jamaican Labour Party led by Bruce Golding
Bruce Golding
Orette Bruce Golding MP served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from 11 September 2007 to 23 October 2011. He is a member of the Jamaica Labour Party.-Biography:...
, which grew by two seats from 31-29 to 33-27 after official recounts. The JLP defeated the People's National Party
People's National Party
The People's National Party is a social democratic and social liberal Jamaican political party, founded by Norman Manley in 1938. It is the oldest political party in the Anglophone Caribbean and one of the main two political parties in Jamaica. Out of the two major parties, it is considered more...
after eighteen years of unbroken rule.