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Partial researchResearch snapshot 2026-09-13. Evidence gaps remain; see Coverage for requirements.

Office briefing

BAMBOO — Electoral division councillor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Jamaica · BAMBOO / ST ANN · municipal · Electoral division councillorJM-W-ST-ANN-BAMBOO

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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
BAMBOO / ST ANN
Next election
2028-02
Linked upcoming event
next-9fef610b937dfa4186d46aea
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

  • JLP52.7%
  • PNP45.9%
Results for event-2807b8b906810144f925b75c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JLPJLPjamaica/S975fca3559/20241,34852.7%1Recorded
PNPPNPjamaica/S975fca3559/20241,17345.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-11-28

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • JLP51.2%
  • PNP47.8%
Results for event-3233b04cfd166f0e46ac48eb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JLPJLPjamaica/S375abb1313/20161,52151.2%1Recorded
PNPPNPjamaica/S375abb1313/20161,42247.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2012-03-26

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • JLP51.7%
  • PNP47.7%
Results for event-f5d93c4b3065cc8414e16abf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JLPJLPjamaica/S60dfdaaaba/20121,44851.7%1Recorded
PNPPNPjamaica/S60dfdaaaba/20121,33647.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

72.120–100 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=6.9416898056326914, oldest_gap=4.022988505747122, previous_gap=3.36391437308869

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

1.79percentage 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=[[53.470844902816346,46.529155097183654,0],[51.681957186544345,48.318042813455655,0],[52.01149425287356,47.98850574712644,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

0.33percentage 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=[[53.470844902816346,46.529155097183654,0],[51.681957186544345,48.318042813455655,0],[52.01149425287356,47.98850574712644,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

1.06percentage 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=[[53.470844902816346,46.529155097183654,0],[51.681957186544345,48.318042813455655,0],[52.01149425287356,47.98850574712644,0]]

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

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “BAMBOO — Electoral division councillor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/JM-W-ST-ANN-BAMBOO. Sources: jamaica--url-b1bfddcea4443c34b2ed3119, jamaica--url-74b9a8a4565d376c1ee70961, jamaica--url-5eba0e7de6d09ab6469c4a9b, jamaica--S975fca3559, jamaica--S375abb1313, jamaica--S60dfdaaaba.