The Farmers' 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 contested national elections in
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
, receiving 2.7% of the vote, but 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 agrarian political parties
Political parties with year of establishment missing
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
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