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 ...

has two traditional parties from the old colonial era, they are the

Jamaica Labour Party The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in seve ...

(JLP) and the

People's National Party The People's National Party (PNP) is a Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Jamaica, political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by independence campaigner Osmond Theodore Fairclough. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in ...

(PNP). The United Independents' Congress of Jamaica (UIC) became the first new (post colonial) registered political party on December 7, 2019. Other parties have cropped up and disintegrated in the past due mostly to a lack of funding and effective differentiation from the major parties. Since 2018, political parties are now required to be registered by the ECJ or Electoral Commission of Jamaica. This has eliminated all the other minor parties that have not been able to meet registration requirements.

Major parties

Minor Parties

Defunct parties

* Agricultural Industrial Party * Christian Conscience Movement *

Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

* Coloured Party – founded in the 1820s to campaign for full civil rights. * Communist Party of Jamaica * Convention Independent Party * Farmers' Federation * Farmers' Party * Federation of Citizen's Association *

Imperial Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated Political Party The Imperial Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated Political Party is a political party in Jamaica. It was formed in 2002 by members of the Church of Haile Selassie I, a Rastafari order. It first contested national elections in 2002, when it re ...

Independent Labour Party The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse working-class candidates ...

* Jamaica Alliance for National Unity * Jamaica Democratic Party * Jamaica Independent Movement * Jamaica Liberal Party * Jamaica Radical Workers Union * Jamaica Socialist Party *

Jamaica United Front The Jamaica United Front was a political party in Jamaica. It was a right wing small party and was first noticed when in 1980 it proposed a national unity government of the Jamaica Labour Party and the People's National Party. They were involved ...

* Jamaica United Party – formerly the

United West Indian Party United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...

* Jamaica We Party *

Jerusalem Bread Foundation The Jerusalem Bread Foundation was a minor political party in Jamaica. History The party was registered by Iduwagayliz Iuwakhidid Itsahyuwan on 7 August 2007 in order to contest the Western Hanover seat in the 2007 elections.

* National Labour Party * New Jamaica Alliance * People's Freedom Movement * People's Political Party – Jamaica's first party, founded by Marcus Mosiah Garvey in 1929. *

Progressive Labour Movement The Progressive Labour Movement was a major centre-left political party in Antigua and Barbuda and, until the 2000s, was the only political party to have defeated the Antigua Labour Party in an election. History The party was established in 196 ...

– merged with the People's Political Party soon after being founded in 1961. * Republican Party * United Party of Jamaica * United People's Party * Workers Party of Jamaica – defunct Marxist party

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Political parties 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 ideological or pol ...

Major parties

Minor Parties

Defunct parties

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