Saint James East Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1976 general election. The current MP is the Hon. Edmund Bartlett of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2002.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the Rose Hall, Somerton and Spring Mount electoral divisions in St. James.
Demographics
According to the Jamaica Population Census of 2011, the number of persons living in the constituency was 36,689, while the number of registered voters was 24,826. As of the 2020 general election, the number of registered electors in the constituency was 29,852. This represents a 5.9% increase over the 28,178 voters registered for the 2016 general election.
+ Voter Distribution by Electoral Division Electoral Division Number of Polling Divisions Number of electors Rose Hall 29 11,843 Somerton 30 8,923 Spring Mount 30 9,068 Grand total89 29,852
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1976 Herbert Eldemire Jamaica Labour Party 1980 Winston Spaulding Jamaica Labour Party 1983 Geoffrey Roach Jamaica Labour Party 1989 Violet Neilson People's National Party 1993 Violet Neilson People's National Party 1997 Violet Neilson People's National Party 2002 Edmund Bartlett Jamaica Labour Party 2007 Edmund Bartlett Jamaica Labour Party 2011 Edmund Bartlett Jamaica Labour Party 2016 Edmund Bartlett Jamaica Labour Party 2020 Edmund Bartlett Jamaica Labour Party
Elections Elections from 2000 to Present
Elections from 1980 to 1999
Elections from 1976 to 1979
See also Politics of Jamaica Elections in Jamaica
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