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Holness Wins Third Term as Jamaica Labour Party Secures Narrow Majority

Low turnout underscores a narrow mandate, with a court challenge to an integrity report still pending.

People stand in line at a polling station to cast their votes in the general election, in Kingston, Jamaica September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy
Mark Golding, opposition leader and candidate for prime minister, and his wife Sandra Golding arrive at a polling station to cast their votes in the general election, in Kingston, Jamaica September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy
FILE - Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness speaks following a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, in Washington, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Mark Golding, opposition leader and candidate for prime minister, arrives at a polling station to cast his vote in the general election, in Kingston, Jamaica September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy

Overview

  • Preliminary results show the JLP winning at least 34 of 63 seats to the PNP’s 29, delivering a slender parliamentary majority.
  • Opposition leader Mark Golding conceded, acknowledging the result and congratulating Holness and the JLP.
  • Official voter turnout was 38.8%, extending Jamaica’s recent trend of weak participation despite more than 2 million registered voters.
  • The Integrity Commission’s referral on Holness’s asset declarations remains unresolved as he contests the report in the Supreme Court.
  • Post-campaign priorities include fiscal pledges and security gains: Holness vowed to cut income tax to 15% and double the minimum wage, the PNP pushed a higher tax threshold, murders are down about 43% this year, and public debt has fallen to roughly 73% of GDP.