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General elections 2016 

Leader Portia Simpson-Miller-People's National Party

Andrew Holness Party-Jamaica LabourLeader 

General elections will be held in Jamaica on 25 February 2016. The elections will largely be a contest between the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

The 63 members of the House of Representatives will be elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting

The Prime Minister is formally appointed into office by the Governor General of Jamaica, who represents Elizabeth II, the Queen of Jamaica (Jamaica's Head of State). Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, ON, MP (born 12 December 1945) is a Jamaican politician who has been the seventh Prime Minister of Jamaica since 5 January 2012. Simpson-Miller, who leads the People's National Party, previously served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007; she was Leader of the Opposition from 2007 to 2012

While serving as Prime Minister, Simpson-Miller also chose to hold the positions of Minister of Defence, Development, Information and Sports. She previously served as Minister of Labour, Social Security and Sport, Minister of Tourism and Sports and Minister of Local Government throughout the years.[2][3] Simpson-Miller defeated Prime Minister Andrew Holness of the Jamaica Labour Party in the December 2011 general election..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Jamaica