The Christian Democratic Party was a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
. It first contested national elections in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
, but received only 109 votes and failed to win a seat.
[ Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p433-435 ] It did not contest any further elections.
[Nohlen, p432]
References
Defunct political parties in Jamaica
Defunct Christian political parties
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