2025 Jamaican general election

General elections are scheduled to be held in Jamaica on 3 September 2025.

## Background

Preselection contests were held in March 2025.

### Timeline

- 21 September 2023 – Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert resigns as MP for Trelawny Southern.
- 26 February 2024 – local elections were held.
- 9 March 2025 – The Jamaica Patriotic Movement announced support for the People’s National Party.
- 10 August 2025 - Prime Minister announces Nomination day to be on 18 August and Elections to follow on 3 September 2025.

## Members not seeking re-election

|Member|Constituency|colspan="2"|Party|First elected|Date announced||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Lisa Hanna|Saint Ann South Eastern|style="background-color: orange"||People's National Party|2007|9 August 2022|

## Campaign

The election will be decided in marginal seats.

## Candidates

There are 189 candidates.
|Constituency|JLP|PNP|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Clarendon Central|Delroy Williams|Carla Watt|
|Clarendon North Central|Robert Nesta Morgan|Aujae Dixon|
|Clarendon North Western|Warren Newby|Richard Azan|
|Clarendon Northern|Dwight Sibblies|Wavell Hinds|
|Clarendon South Eastern|Pearnel Charles|Scean Barnswell|
|Clarendon South Western|Robert Chin|Lothan Cousins|
|Hanover Eastern|Dave Hume-Brown||
|Hanover Western|Tamika Davis||
|Kingston Central|Donovan Williams|Steve McGreggor|
|Kingston East & Port Royal|Egwugwu Priestly|Phillip Paulwell|
|Kingston Western|Desmond McKenzie CD|Joseph Witter|
|Manchester Central|Rhoda Moy Crawford|Donovan Mitchell|
|Manchester North Eastern|Audley Shaw||
|Manchester North Western|Damion Young||
|Manchester Southern|Robert Chin|Peter Bunting|
|Portland Eastern|Ann-Marie Vaz|Isat Buchanan|
|Portland Western|Daryl Vaz|Doreen Forbes Campbell|
|Saint Andrew East Central|Davion Vassell|Dennis Gordon|
|Saint Andrew East Rural|Juliet Holness|Patrick Peterkin|
|Saint Andrew Eastern|Fayval Williams|Patricia Duncan-Sutherland|
|Saint Andrew North Central|Delano Seiveright|Christopher Henry|
|Saint Andrew North Eastern|Delroy Chuck|Stacey Knight|
|Saint Andrew North Western|Duane Smith|Ethnie Miller-Simpson|
|Saint Andrew South Eastern|Kevin Frith|Julian Robinson|
|Saint Andrew South Western|Maureen Lorne|Angela Brown-Burke|
|Saint Andrew Southern|Carlton Allen|Mark Golding|
|Saint Andrew West Central|Andrew Holness|Paul Buchanan|
|Saint Andrew West Rural|Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn|Joan Gordon-Webley|
|Saint Andrew Western|Corey Dunkley|Anthony Hylton|
|Saint Ann North Eastern|Matthew Samuda||
|Saint Ann North Western|Krystal Lee||
|Saint Ann South Eastern|Adion Peart||
|Saint Ann South Western|Zavia Mayne||
|Saint Catherine Central|Olivia Grange||
|Saint Catherine East Central|Alando Terrelonge||
|Saint Catherine Eastern|Rev. Dwight Peccoo||
|Saint Catherine North Central|Neil Powell||
|Saint Catherine North Eastern|Kerensia Morrison||
|Saint Catherine North Western|Newton Amos||
|Saint Catherine South Central|Andrew Wheatley|Kurt Matthews|
|Saint Catherine South Eastern|Robert Miller||
|Saint Catherine South Western|Everald Warmington||
|Saint Catherine Southern|Delroy Dobney||
|Saint Catherine West Central|Dr. Christopher Tufton||
|Saint Elizabeth North Eastern|Delroy Slowley||
|Saint Elizabeth North Western|Andrew Morris||
|Saint Elizabeth South Eastern|Frank Witter||
|Saint Elizabeth South Western|Floyd Green||
|Saint James Central|Heroy Clarke||
|Saint James East Central|Edmund Bartlett||
|Saint James North Western|Horace Chang||
|Saint James Southern|Homer Davis||
|Saint James West Central|Marlene Malahoo Forte||
|Saint Mary Central|Nathaniel Maragh|Omar Newell|
|Saint Mary South Eastern|Norman Dunn|Christopher Brown|
|Saint Mary Western|Robert Montague|Omar Woodbine|
|Saint Thomas Eastern|Dr. Michelle Charles||
|Saint Thomas Western|James Robertson|Hubert Williams|
|Trelawny Northern|Tova Hamilton|Dennis Meadows|
|Trelawny Southern|Devon McDaniel|Paul Patmore|
|Westmoreland Central|George Wright|Dwayne Vaz|
|Westmoreland Eastern|Daniel Lawrence|Dayton Campbell|
|Westmoreland Western|Garfield James|Ian Hayles|

## Opinion polls

|rowspan=2|Date|rowspan=2|Pollster|rowspan=2|Sample size|width=40px|JLP|width=40px|PNP|width=40px|Other|rowspan=2|Non-voting|rowspan=2|Lead|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 – 11 August 2025|Don Anderson|1,008|33.9|style="background:#fa964b;"|**34.7**|14.3|17.1|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**0.8**|||||||
|18 May – 7 June 2025|Don Anderson|1,033|29.6|style="background:#fa964b;"|**32.6**|18.4|19.4|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**3.0**|||||||
|2 - 17 May 2025|Bluedot|1,618|style="background:#a3ebc3;"|**35**|31|34|–|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**4.0**|||||||
|27 September – 3 October 2024|RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll|1,012|43.5|style="background:#fa964b;"|**56.5**|–|–|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**13**|||||||
|6 – 19 September 2024|Nationwide/Bluedot poll|1,246|style="background:#a3ebc3;"|**53**|47|–|–|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**6**|||||||
|June 2024|RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll|–|44.0|style="background:#fa964b;"|**56**|–|–|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**12**|||||||
|4 – 12 April 2024|RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll|1,057|44.1|style="background:#fa964b;"|**55.9**|–|–|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**11.8**|||||||
|26 February 2024|2024 Jamaican local elections|–|47.8|style="background:#fa964b|**51.8**|0.6|–|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**4**|||||||
|24 November – 7 December 2023|RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll|1,015|22|style="background:#fa964b|**25**|18|35|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**3**|||||||
|17 – 26 February 2023|RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll|1,002|27.9|style="background:#fa964b;"|**28.1**|19|25|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**0.2**|||||||
|13 September 2022|RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll|-|style="background:#a3ebc3;"|**31**|18|17|34|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**13**|||||||
|22 September 2021|RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll|1,003|style="background:#a3ebc3;"|**26**|15|26|31|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**11**|||||||
|3 September 2020|2020 general election|–|style="background:#a3ebc3;"|**57.1**|42.8|0.1|–|data-sort-value="6" style="background:;color:white;"|**14.3**|||||||

## Infobox (election)

- **country**: Jamaica
- **type**: Parliamentary
- **previous year**: 2020
- **previous election**: 2020 Jamaican general election
- **ongoing**: yes
- **image1**: Andrew Holness, 2020 (cropped).jpg
- **leader1**: Andrew Holness
- **party1**: Jamaica Labour Party
- **last election1**: 57.07%, 49 seats
- **seats before1**: 49 seats
- **image2**: Mark Golding-Jamaica (Cropped)2.jpg
- **leader2**: Mark Golding
- **party2**: People's National Party
- **seats before2**: 14 seats
- **last election2**: 42.76%, 14 seats
- **seats for election**: All 63 seats in the Jamaica House of Representatives, House of Representatives
- **majority seats**: 32
- **seats needed2**: 18
- **election date**: 3 September 2025
- **title**: Prime Minister of Jamaica, Prime Minister
- **before election**: Andrew Holness
- **before party**: Jamaica Labour Party
- **vote type**: PM chosen from the party with the majority of seats in parliament
- **next election**: 2030 Jamaican general election
- **next year**: 2030
- **registered**: 2,077,799
- **party colour**: yes