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Saint James Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1967 general election.^[1] The current MP is Heroy Clarke of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2016.^[2]

Boundaries

The constituency covers four electoral divisions – sections of Montego Bay North, Montego Bay South, Montego Bay West and Montego Bay South East, as well as Salt Spring.^[1]^[3]

Members of Parliament

1967 to 1976

Election		Member	Party
	1967	Herbert Eldemire	Jamaica Labour Party
	1972	Francis Tulloch	People's National Party
1976		Constituency abolished ^[2]

2011 to present

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Lloyd B. Smith	People's National Party
	2016	Heroy Clarke	Jamaica Labour Party

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Saint James Central
Party		Candidate
	JLP	Heroy Clarke
	PNP	Andre Hylton
	Independent	Ras-Astor Black
Turnout
Registered electors
	hold

General Election 2016: Saint James Central ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Heroy Clarke	6,887	57.4	8.1
	PNP	Ashley-Ann Foster	4,968	41.4	8.7
Turnout			11,991	42.8	2.6
Registered electors			28,018		3,027
	JLP hold

General Election 2011: Saint James Central ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PNP	Lloyd B. Smith	5,683	50.1
	JLP	Heroy Clarke	5,585	49.3
Turnout			11,337	45.4
Registered electors			24,991
	JLP hold

Elections from 1962 to 1979

General Election 1972: Saint James Central ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Francis Tulloch	6.356	60.6	15.6
	JLP	Tony Hart	4,101	39.1	15.3
Turnout			10,487	82.2	2.5
Registered electors			12,761		2,290
	PNP hold

General Election 1967: Saint James Central ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JLP	Herbert Eldemire	4,820	54.4
	PNP	Herbert Morrison	3,986	45.0
Turnout			8,866	84.7
Registered electors			10,471
	JLP hold

References

^ ^a ^b "Know Your Constituency: Saint James Central". DigiJamaica (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Jamaica General Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ "Constituency Boundaries". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ "Jamaica General Election Results (2016)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ "Constituency: St James Central". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ "Jamaica General Election Results (2011)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ "Jamaica General Election Results (1972)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ "Jamaica General Election Results (1967)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

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