Office briefing
RED HILLS — Electoral division councillor
Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.
Jamaica · RED HILLS / KINGSTON & ST ANDREW · municipal · Electoral division councillorJM-W-KINGSTON-ST-ANDREW-RED-HILLS
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Individual ward ballot. Parent council records aggregate the same ballots and must not be added to ward votes.
1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- RED HILLS / KINGSTON & ST ANDREW
- Next election
- 2028-02
- Linked upcoming event
- next-68c9baf723dd293a46090b8c
- Registry qualification
- Unknown
2. How certain is that date?
2028-02 is expected (not formally called). Month precision — no calendar day supplied. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.
3. Who won earlier selected elections?
2024-02-26
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- Independent — RED HILLS (IND A)0.6%
- JLP51.6%
- PNP45.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent — RED HILLS (IND A) | IND Ajamaica/S975fca3559/2024 | 23 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JLP | JLPjamaica/S975fca3559/2024 | 1,873 | 51.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| PNP | PNPjamaica/S975fca3559/2024 | 1,661 | 45.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-11-28
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- Independent — RED HILLS (INDB)5.5%
- Independent — RED HILLS (INDX)0.5%
- JLP50.2%
- PNP42.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent — RED HILLS (INDB) | INDBjamaica/S375abb1313/2016 | 158 | 5.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| Independent — RED HILLS (INDX) | INDXjamaica/S375abb1313/2016 | 14 | 0.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JLP | JLPjamaica/S375abb1313/2016 | 1,450 | 50.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| PNP | PNPjamaica/S375abb1313/2016 | 1,230 | 42.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2012-03-26
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- JLP39.4%
- PNP59.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | JLPjamaica/S60dfdaaaba/2012 | 1,046 | 39.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PNP | PNPjamaica/S60dfdaaaba/2012 | 1,589 | 59.9% | 1 | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI60.250–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=5.96007871802081, oldest_gap=20.60721062618596, previous_gap=7.713884992987374
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility5.38percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). JLP, PNP and Other (minor parties and independents). An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Latest interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["JLP","PNP","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[52.656733202136635,46.696654484115825,0.64661231374754],[50.84151472650771,43.12762973352034,6.03085553997195],[39.69639468690702,60.30360531309298,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility17.18percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). JLP, PNP and Other (minor parties and independents). An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Previous interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["JLP","PNP","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[52.656733202136635,46.696654484115825,0.64661231374754],[50.84151472650771,43.12762973352034,6.03085553997195],[39.69639468690702,60.30360531309298,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility11.28percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). JLP, PNP and Other (minor parties and independents). An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Both intervals mean
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["JLP","PNP","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[52.656733202136635,46.696654484115825,0.64661231374754],[50.84151472650771,43.12762973352034,6.03085553997195],[39.69639468690702,60.30360531309298,0]]
Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.
5. Officeholder evidence
Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.
No officeholder observation supplied.
6. Polling context
No local poll supplied.
7. Unresolved issues and sources
No open research issues attached to this office.
Sources
- Jamaica: https://www.ecj.com.jm/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024LocalGovernmentSummaryResults.pdf · rights unknown
- Jamaica: https://www.ecj.com.jm/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016LocalGovernmentElectionSummary.pdf · rights unknown
- Jamaica: https://www.ecj.com.jm/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2012ParishCouncilSummary.pdf · rights unknown
- Jamaica: jm_2024_summary.pdf · rights unknown
- Jamaica: jm_2016_summary.pdf · rights unknown
- Jamaica: jm_2012_summary.pdf · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “RED HILLS — Electoral division councillor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/JM-W-KINGSTON-ST-ANDREW-RED-HILLS. Sources: jamaica--url-b1bfddcea4443c34b2ed3119, jamaica--url-74b9a8a4565d376c1ee70961, jamaica--url-5eba0e7de6d09ab6469c4a9b, jamaica--S975fca3559, jamaica--S375abb1313, jamaica--S60dfdaaaba.