| Parliament name |
Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name |
House of Representatives |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Senate
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
1 January 1900
Last amendment: 16/01/1989 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 63 |
| Constituencies |
63 single-member constituencies. |
| Voting system |
Majority:
Direct simple majority vote.
Vacancies are filled through by-elections.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Jamaican or British Commonwealth citizenship
- residency in the country (during 12 months prior to the compilation of the register of electors for British Commonwealth citizens)
- disqualifications: insanity, death sentence, imprisonment for 6 months or more, conviction of electoral fraud, persons holding certain offices connected with the elections
|
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- age: 21 years
- Jamaican or British Commonwealth citizenship
- residency in the country during 12 months immediately preceding the nomination
- ineligibility: allegiance to a foreign State, undischarged bankrupts |
| Incompatibilities |
- public officers
- judges of the highest court
- government contractors
- members of the defence force (unless exempted) |
| Candidacy requirements |
- nomination between 23 and 16 days before elections
- support of at least 10 qualifed electors
- deposit of $Jam.100 reimbursed if the candidate polls at least 1/8 of the total votes cast
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