List of political parties in Jamaica
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Jamaica has a two-party system, the major parties being the Jamaica Labour Party and the People's National Party. A large number of minor parties have cropped up and disintegrated in the past, with very few (if any) actually winning seats in Parliament. Over 46 political parties have been formed since independence in August 1962.
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[edit] Current parties
- People's National Party – The ruling Party having 42 seats[1]
- Jamaica Labour Party The main Opposition party having 21 seats
- National Democratic Movement – minor conservative party
- New Nation Coalition – Recently formed party
- People's National Party – main opposition party
[edit] Defunct parties
- Agricultural Industrial Party
- Coloured Party – founded in the 1820s to campaign for full civil rights; not really a political party per se.
- Farmers' Federation
- Federation of Citizen's Association
- Imperial Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated Political Party
- Jamaica Alliance for National Unity
- Jamaica Democratic Party
- Jamaica Liberal Party
- Jamaica Radical Workers Union
- Jamaica Socialist Party
- Jamaica United Party – formerly the United West Indian Party
- New Jamaica Alliance
- People's Political Party – Jamaica's first party, founded by Marcus Garvey in 1929.
- Progressive Labour Movement – merged with the People's Political Party soon after being founded in 1961.
- Republican Party of Jamaica
- National Labour Party
- United Party of Jamaica
- Workers Party of Jamaica – defunct Marxist party
- United People's Party
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "BLOWOUT: PNP 41 - JLP 22 - Lead Stories - Jamaica Gleaner - Friday | December 30, 2011". Jamaica Gleaner. 2011-12-30. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20111230/lead/lead1.html. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
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