The United Party of Jamaica 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
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
, but received only 0.2% of the vote 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
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