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List of political parties in Jamaica

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Jamaica has two traditional parties from the old colonial era: the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (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

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! Ideology

! Senate

! MPs

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| Jamaica Labour Party

| JLP

| Nationalism
Conservatism

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| People's National Party

| PNP

| Social democracy
Democratic socialism

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Minor parties

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! colspan=2 | Name

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! Ideology

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| United Independents' Congress of Jamaica{{cite news|url=https://www.loopjamaica.com/content/united-independents-congress-jamaicas-third-political-party |title=United Independents' Congress, Jamaica's third political party|publisher=LoopJamaica|date=December 7, 2019|access-date=August 31, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://uicjamaica.com/pages/about-us |title=About UIC |publisher=United Independents' Congress |access-date=August 31, 2020}}

| UIC

| Libertarianism

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| Revolutionary Conservative Movement

| RKM

| Right-wing populism

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| National Democratic Movement

| NDM

| Conservatism

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| New Nation Coalition

| NNC

| Nationalism
Social democracy

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| Left Alliance for National Democracy and Socialism{{Cite web|url=https://www.jalands.org/about|title=About LANDS|publisher=LANDS|access-date=2019-08-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LANDS_Ja|title=🇯🇲 Jamaica LANDS 🇯🇲 (@LANDS_Ja) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-25}}

| LANDS

| Socialism{{Cite web|url=https://www.jalands.org/about/faqs|title=Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=LANDS|language=en-GB|access-date=2024-08-01}}
Progressivism

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| Marcus Garvey People's Political Party

| PPP

| Socialism
Pan-Africanism

Defunct parties

See also

References

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