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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.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	7,338	69.6	11.2
	PNP	Michael Hemmings	3,206	30.4	10.5
Turnout			10,544
Registered electors
	JLP hold

General Election 2016: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	7,564	58.4	8.7
	PNP	Noel Donaldson	5,292	40.9	7.4
Turnout			12,945	45.9	5.9
Registered electors			28,178		13.5
	JLP hold

General Election 2011: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	6,382	49.7	5.5
	PNP	Cedric Stewart	6,208	48.3	4.6
	Independent	Roystan Richards	22	0.2	0.1
Turnout			12,848	51.8	8.7
Registered electors			24,826		1.2
	JLP hold

General Election 2007: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	8,398	55.2	0.4
	PNP	Donald Colomathi	6,637	43.7	0.6
	Independent	Roystan Richards	42	0.3
Turnout			15,205	60.5	3.6
Registered electors			25,130		38.2
	JLP hold

General Election 2002: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	6,394	54.8	4.0
	PNP	Donald Colomathi	5,170	44.3	0.5
	NDM	Carnel Cameron	29	0.3	3.5
Turnout			11,667	64.1	5.9
Registered electors			18,191		10.6
	JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1980 to 1999

General Election 1997: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Violet Neilson	5,851	50.8	0.8
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	5,152	44.8	3.1
	NDM	Robert Russell	435	3.8
Turnout			11,512	70	1.3
Registered electors			16,443		28.3
	PNP hold

General Election 1993: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Violet Neilson	4,545	51.6	3.3
	JLP	Godfrey Dyer	4,215	47.9	3.2
Turnout			8,803	68.7	10.1
Registered electors			12,813		1.9
	PNP hold

General Election 1989: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Violet Neilson	5,646	54.9
	JLP	Godfrey Dyer	4,598	44.7	42.1
Turnout			10,280	78.8	47.0
Registered electors			13,054		12.4
	PNP gain from JLP

General Election 1983: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Geoffrey Roach	3,202	86.8	23.5
	independent (politician)	Matelan Dawkins	445	12.1
Turnout			3,689	31.8	57.7
Registered electors			11,614		0.01
	JLP hold

General Election 1980: Saint James East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Winston Spaulding	6,583	63.3	12.1
	PNP	Edgar Watson	3,741	36.0	12.1
Turnout			10,396	89.5	2.9
Registered electors			11,613		7.3
	JLP hold

Elections from 1976 to 1979

See also

• Politics of Jamaica
• Elections in Jamaica

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Surrey	Kingston Kingston Central Kingston East & Port Royal Kingston Western Portland Portland Eastern Portland Western Saint Andrew Saint Andrew Eastern Saint Andrew East Central Saint Andrew East Rural Saint Andrew North Central Saint Andrew North Eastern Saint Andrew North Western Saint Andrew Southern Saint Andrew South Eastern Saint Andrew South Western Saint Andrew Western Saint Andrew West Central Saint Andrew West Rural Saint Thomas Saint Thomas Eastern Saint Thomas Western

References

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12. "Jamaica General Election Results (1993)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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