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

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BEECHER TOWN — Electoral division councillor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Jamaica · BEECHER TOWN / ST ANN · municipal · Electoral division councillorJM-W-ST-ANN-BEECHER-TOWN

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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
BEECHER TOWN / ST ANN
Next election
2028-02
Linked upcoming event
next-82173cbef8c1cf2464b95265
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

  • JLP29.0%
  • PNP69.4%
Results for event-e8af9d5c9aeec6072a2157d7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JLPJLPjamaica/S975fca3559/202465229%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PNPPNPjamaica/S975fca3559/20241,56269.4%1Recorded

2016-11-28

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • JLP37.9%
  • PNP60.8%
Results for event-a2bcea529f8240ff5b87fa0e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JLPJLPjamaica/S375abb1313/201675837.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PNPPNPjamaica/S375abb1313/20161,21760.8%1Recorded

2012-03-26

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • JLP35.9%
  • PNP62.9%
Results for event-a969b8b5f4fefe90b528903f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JLPJLPjamaica/S60dfdaaaba/201275535.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PNPPNPjamaica/S60dfdaaaba/20121,32362.9%1Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=41.10207768744354, oldest_gap=27.333974975938403, previous_gap=23.240506329113927

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

8.93percentage 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=[[29.44896115627823,70.55103884372177,0],[38.379746835443036,61.620253164556964,0],[36.3330125120308,63.6669874879692,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

2.05percentage 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=[[29.44896115627823,70.55103884372177,0],[38.379746835443036,61.620253164556964,0],[36.3330125120308,63.6669874879692,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

5.49percentage 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=[[29.44896115627823,70.55103884372177,0],[38.379746835443036,61.620253164556964,0],[36.3330125120308,63.6669874879692,0]]

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