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{{Short description|Jamaican centre-left political party}}
{{other uses|Peoples National Party (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = People's National 
Party
| native_name      = ''Piipl’s Nashinal Paati''
| logo             = People's_National_Party_(Jamaica)_Logo_(2021_-_present).svg
| logo_size        = 125
| colorcode        = {{party color|People's National Party}}
| leader           = [[Mark Golding]]
| chairperson      = [[Angela Brown-Burke]]
| president        = Mark Golding
| general_secretary = [[Dayton Campbell]]
| founded          = 1938
| abbreviation     = PNP
| founders         = [[Norman Manley]]
| youth_wing       = People's National Party Youth Organization
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]<br />[[Republicanism in Jamaica|Republicanism]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/thepeoplesnationalparty/docs/pnp_manifesto_2016|title=PNP Manifesto 2016|website=Issuu}}</ref> <br> '''Historically:''' <br> [[Democratic socialism]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090308/focus/focus4.html |title=Michael Manley: nation-builder |first=Robert |last=Buddan |newspaper=[[Jamaica Gleaner]] |date=8 March 2009 |access-date=11 January 2012  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061311/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090308/focus/focus4.html |archive-date=25 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Banks |first1=Arthur S. |last2=Overstreet |first2=William |date=1983 |title=Political Handbook of the World: 1982-1983: Governments and Intergovernmental Organisation as of January 1st 1983 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Political_Handbook_of_the_World.html?id=NGO1zwEACAAJ |publisher=[[McGraw Hill Education|McGraw-Hill]] |page=254 |access-date=2025-07-29}}</ref><br />[[Left-wing populism]]
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]{{refn|<ref name="Grugel1995">{{cite book |author=Jean Grugel |title=Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin: Central America and the Caribbean in the New World Order |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ne49YlxRiCgC&pg=PA117 |date=1 January 1995 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0-253-20954-4 |page=117 }}</ref><ref name="Publications,2003">{{cite book |author=Europa Publications |title=Political Chronology of the Americas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiOPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA140 |date=2 September 2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-35653-8 |pages=140– }}</ref>}}
| seats1_title     = [[Parliament of Jamaica|House of Representatives]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|29|63|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Senate of Jamaica|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|8|21|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Local Government]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|115|228|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| seats4_title     = Parish Councils
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|6|13|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| headquarters     = [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica
| regional         = [[COPPPAL]]<br>[[West Indies Federal Labour Party]]<br>(1957–1962)
| international    = [[Socialist International]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=931 |title=Member Parties of the Socialist International |access-date=28 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503204531/http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=931 |archive-date=3 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| website          = {{URL|http://pnp.org.jm/}}
| country          = Jamaica
| symbol           = [[File:People's_National_Party_(Jamaica)_Election_Symbol.svg|class=skin-invert|80px]]
}}
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The '''People's National Party''' ('''PNP''') ({{langx|jam|Piipl’s Nashinal Paati}})  is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]]<ref name="House2011">{{cite book |author=Freedom House |title=Freedom in the World 2011: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9Nk85VMo1QC&pg=PA342 |date=1 November 2011 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-0994-7 |pages=342– }}</ref><ref name="Booker2005">{{cite book |author=M. Keith Booker |title=Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics: A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcFC4oiDmpgC&pg=PA1 |year=2005 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-32939-5 |pages=1– }}</ref><ref name="Girling2010">{{cite book |author=John Girling |title=America and the Third World: Revolution and Intervention |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJOsAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 |date=26 November 2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-85882-6 |pages=196– }}</ref> [[List of political parties in Jamaica|political party in Jamaica]], founded in 1938 by [[Norman Manley|Norman Washington Manley]] who served as party president until his death in 1969.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/peoples-national-party|title=People's National Party &#124; Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|accessdate=13 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/parties/jm_parties/pnp.asp | title=Caribbean Elections &#124; People's National Party | access-date=7 March 2023 | archive-date=27 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127003239/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/parties/jm_parties/pnp.asp | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://jis.gov.jm/information/heroes/norman-washington-manley/ | title=Norman Washington Manley – Jamaica Information Service }}</ref>  It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the [[Parliament of Jamaica|House of Representatives]],<ref>Parliament of Jamaica</ref> as 96 of the 227 local government divisions. The party is [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] by constitution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/miltonmiles/docs/constitution?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222&tmpl=component |title=Constitution of the People's National Party |access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref>

The party is a member of [[COPPPAL]] and a full member of [[Socialist International]].<ref name="auto"/> From 1957 to 1962, the party was a member of the [[West Indies Federal Labour Party]] in the [[Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation]].

==Colonial Jamaica==
The PNP was founded in 1938 by [[Norman Manley|Norman Washington Manley]], and is the second oldest political party in [[Jamaica]] (the People's Political Party was formed earlier, on 9 September 1929, by Marcus Garvey).<ref>Grant, Colin (2008). Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey. London: Jonathan Cape. {{ISBN|978-0-09-950145-9}}. p. 428</ref> It is now one of the country's main two political parties, and is considered more to the [[Left-wing politics|left]] than its main rival the [[Jamaica Labour Party]] (JLP). The party held a majority of seats in the parliament of the [[Colony of Jamaica]] from 1955 until 1962. Following independence in 1962, it held the majority of seats in the [[Parliament of Jamaica|Jamaican Parliament]] from 1972 to 1980, from 1989 to 2007, and from 2011 to 2016.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The PNP was defeated in the first [[Universal suffrage|universal]] elections held in Jamaica in 1944, winning only four of the 32 seats (one elected independent joined the party afterwards). The [[1949 Jamaican general election]] was much closer. The PNP received more votes (203,048) than the JLP (199,538), but the JLP secured more seats; 17 to the PNP's 13. Two seats were won by independents. The voter turnout was 65.2%.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

In 1954, the PNP expelled [[Richard Hart (Jamaican politician)|Richard Hart]], a [[Marxism|Marxist]], and three other PNP members for their (alleged) communist views.<ref name=Gleaner1>{{cite news|title=No Hard Feelings – Richard Hart forgives Manley for throwing him out of the PNP|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060612/lead/lead9.html|access-date=22 July 2012|newspaper=The Gleaner|date=12 June 2006|archive-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113951/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060612/lead/lead9.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Taylor, Orville (20 May 2012), [http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120520/focus/focus1.html "Workers' 'Weak': 50 Years Of Betrayal"], ''The Gleaner''.</ref> The other three members were Ken Hill, Frank Hill, and Arthur Henry, and they were collectively referred to as "the four Hs".<ref name=Campbell2>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Howard|title=CAMPUS BEAT – University of the West Indies (UWI) explores rich legacy of Richard Hart|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060606/news/news6.html|access-date=22 July 2012|newspaper=The Gleaner|date=6 June 2006|archive-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224112904/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060606/news/news6.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Campbell3>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Howard|title=Works of the Radical Hart to be Published|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100418/arts/arts4.html|access-date=22 July 2012|newspaper=The Gleaner|date=18 April 2010}}</ref><ref>"[[John Barnes (footballer)|John Barnes]] – [http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/john-barnes The footballer traces his grandfather's central role in the campaign for Jamaican independence"], ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]] Magazine''. Episode aired [[BBC One]], 17 October 2012.</ref> Under "the four Hs", the unions they officered had the largest following of any union outside of the [[Bustamante Industrial Trade Union]].{{cn|date=January 2022}}

Hart and the other members of "the four Hs" were very active in the trade union movement in Jamaica.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/archive/padmore/1945/labour-congress/ch13.htm "13. History of the Jamaica Labour Movement"], ''The Voice of Coloured Labour'' ([[George Padmore]], editor), 1945.</ref> In the 1940s and 1950s. Hart worked as a member of the Executive Committee of the [[Trade Union Congress (Jamaica)|Trade Union Council]] from 1946 to 1948.<ref name=MAP>{{cite book|title=Richard Hart Collection – Richard Hart's Collected Papers 1937–1966 on Microfilm: Finding List|year=2000|publisher=Microform Academic Publishers|location=Wakefield|url=http://www.microform.co.uk/guides/R97582.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2013|access-date=11 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105415/http://www.microform.co.uk/guides/R97582.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Luquesi>{{cite web|last=Luquesi|first=Andrea|title=Honorary Graduate Profile: Richard Hart|url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/news_and_events-1/winterdegreeceremonies/hongrads/hart.aspx|publisher=University of Hull|access-date=22 July 2012|date=25 January 2011}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He served as Assistant Secretary of the [[Caribbean Congress of Labour|Caribbean Labour Congress]] from 1945 to 1946 and Assistant Secretary from 1947 to 1953.<ref name=Luquesi />

The expulsion of the 'Four Hs' signalled a parting of ways between the PNP and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), which was aligned to the PNP. The National Workers Union (NWU) effectively filled the vacuum left by the TUC.<ref>Garfield Higgins, "Plastic smiles and constipated glad-handing cannot smother reality, PNP", ''Jamaica Observer'', 14 June 2020 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/the-agenda/plastic-smiles-and-constipated-glad-handing-cannot-smother-reality-pnp_196158?profile=1096 Retrieved 11 September 2020.</ref>

The PNP came to office 1955, and held power until just before independence in 1962. In the [[1955 Jamaican general election]], the PNP won for the first time, securing 18 out of 32 seats. The JLP ended up with 14 seats, and there were no independents. The voter turnout with 65.1%. As a result, Norman Manley became the new chief minister.<ref>C.V. Black, ''A History of Jamaica'' (London: Collins, 1975), p. 233.</ref>

The [[1959 Jamaican general election]] was held on 28 July 1959, and the number of seats was increased to 45. The PNP secured a wider margin of victory, taking 29 seats to the JLP's 16.

Manley was appointed Jamaica's first premier on 14 August 1959.<ref>Michael Burke, "Norman Manley as premier", ''Jamaica Observer'', 13 August 2014 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Norman-Manley-as-premier_17349996 Retrieved 10 September 2020.</ref>

During this period of government, it promoted actively reformist social democratic policies, including opening secondary education to many poorer Jamaicans through state funding of scholarships.

In the [[1961 Jamaican Federation of the West Indies membership referendum|1961 Federation membership referendum]] Jamaica voted 54% to leave the West Indies Federation. After losing the referendum, Manley took Jamaica to the polls in April 1962, to secure a mandate for the island's independence. On 10 April 1962, of the 45 seats up for contention in the [[1962 Jamaican general election]], the JLP won 26 seats and the PNP 19. The voter turnout was 72.9%.<ref>Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 430.</ref>

This resulted in the [[independence of Jamaica]] on 6 August 1962, and several other British colonies in the West Indies followed suit in the next decade. Bustamante had replaced Manley as premier between April and August, and on independence, he became Jamaica's first prime minister.

==Independent Jamaica==
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On 21 February, in the [[1967 Jamaican general election]], the JLP were victorious again, winning 33 out of 53 seats, with the PNP taking 20 seats.<ref name="Dieter Nohlen 2005 p. 430">Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook'', Volume I, p. 430.</ref>

In 1972, under the leadership of Norman Manley's son [[Michael Manley]], the PNP returned to office committed to [[democratic socialism]] and a foreign policy focused on strengthening relations with the [[Global North and Global South|Global South]]. The PNP won 37 seats to the JLP's 16. In the [[1976 Jamaican general election]], the PNP won another landslide, winning 47 seats to the JLP's 13. The turnout was a very high 85 percent.<ref name="Dieter Nohlen 2005 p. 430"/>

In [[1980 Jamaican general election|1980]], after several years characterised by inflation and rising unemployment, the JLP led by [[Edward Seaga]] overwhelmingly defeated the PNP in a campaign noteworthy for its alarming level of violence. The JLP won 51 seats to the PNP's nine seats.<ref name="Dieter Nohlen 2005 p. 430"/>

Manley led the party in a boycott of the [[snap election]] called in [[1983 Jamaican general election|1983]]. The party was absent from parliament for more than five years. The PNP was returned to office under Manley's leadership in [[1989 Jamaican general election|1989]], winning 45 seats to the JLP's 15.<ref name="Dieter Nohlen 2005 p. 430"/>

Manley retired from politics in 1992, and was replaced as party leader by [[P. J. Patterson]]. Patterson led the PNP to victory in [[1993 Jamaican general election|1993]], [[1997 Jamaican general election|1997]], and [[2002 Jamaican general election|2002]], becoming the first political leader in Jamaican history to win three successive general elections. In 1993, the PNP won 52 seats to the JLP's eight seats, and in 1997 the PNP won 50 of the 60 seats available.<ref name="Dieter Nohlen 2005 p. 430"/>

In the [[2002 Jamaican general election|2002 election]], held on 16 October 2002, the party won 52.2% of the popular vote and 34 of the 60 seats in the [[Parliament of Jamaica#House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].<ref name="Nohlen 2005 p430">[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref>

On 26 February 2006, [[Portia Simpson-Miller]] was elected as Patterson's successor, becoming the first female president of the PNP, and became the first female Prime Minister of Jamaica. The PNP lost the [[2007 Jamaican general election|August 2007 election]] to the JLP by a narrow margin of 32 seats to 28, with a turnout of 61.46%.<ref>''Caribbean Elections: Jamaican Election Centre'', "Jamaican general election results 3 September 2007" http://www.caribbeanelections.com/jm/elections/jm_results_2007.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205164530/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/jm/elections/jm_results_2007.asp |date=5 December 2020 }} Retrieved 24 December 2020.</ref> This election ended 18 years of PNP rule, and [[Bruce Golding]] became the new prime minister.<ref>[http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070909/news/news2.html Pollster's diary: virtual motion picture of campaign 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622031614/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070909/news/news2.html |date=2008-06-22}}, Jamaica Gleaner, 9 September 2007</ref>

In the [[2011 Jamaican general election|29 December 2011 general election]], the PNP was returned to power with 42 of the 63 seats in Jamaica's parliament. At first, 41 seats were counted in favour of the PNP. A recount with official results cost the former agriculture minister, [[Christopher Tufton]], his seat, putting the PNP at 42 and the JLP at 21.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.about-jamaica.com/jamaica_government_2012.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207183219/http://www.about-jamaica.com/jamaica_government_2012.html|url-status=dead|title=New 2012 Cabinet Ministers|archive-date=7 February 2012}}</ref> The number of seats had been increased to 63, and the voter turnout was 53.17%.<ref>''Caribbean Elections: Jamaican Election Centre'', "Jamaican general election results 29 December 2011" http://www.caribbeanelections.com/jm/elections/jm_results_2011.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208122455/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/jm/elections/jm_results_2011.asp |date=8 December 2020 }} Retrieved 24 December 2020.</ref>

On 5 January 2012, Portia Simpson-Miller was sworn in as prime minister for the second time in her political career. On the following day, she assigned 20 cabinet ministers to various ministries, and eight state ministers.

In the [[2016 Jamaican general election]] on 25 February, Simpson-Miller lost to [[Andrew Holness]] by a narrow margin. A recount granted the PNP an additional seat, resulting in a one-seat loss. The PNP won 31 seats to the JLP's 32. As a result, Simpson-Miller became Opposition Leader for a second time. The voter turnout dipped below 50% for the first time, registering just 48.37%.<ref>''Caribbean Elections: Jamaican Election Centre'', "Jamaican general election results 25 February 2016" http://www.caribbeanelections.com/jm/elections/jm_results_2016.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731030013/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/jm/elections/jm_results_2016.asp |date=31 July 2020 }} Retrieved 24 December 2020.</ref>

Following calls from within her own party for her to step down as party leader, Simpson-Miller announced she would not seek re-election on 4 December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Simpson-Miller-to-step-down-as-PNP-president|access-date=2021-10-25|website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref> She was replaced by [[Peter Phillips (politician)|Peter Phillips]], the Shadow Minister of Finance and former rival, on 26 March 2017. She stepped down as an MP in June 2017.<ref>Jovan Johnson, [http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20170628/portias-journey-i-endured-it-all-says-retiring-mp "Portia's journey - I endured it all, says retiring MP"], ''The Gleaner'', 28 June 2017.</ref>

In the September 2020 general elections, the PNP returned to the opposition benches winning a paltry 14 of the 63 seats in the Jamaican parliament in what was described as a political carnage toppling the hierarchy of the PNP. Many senior and well-established party members [[Unseating|lost their seats]], including [[Peter Bunting]], [[Dayton Campbell]], [[Fenton Ferguson]], [[Horace Dalley]], [[Ian Hayles]], [[Luther Buchanan]], [[Wykeham McNeill]], [[Dwayne Vaz]] and [[Richard Azan]]. On 4 September 2020 Peter Phillips announced that he would step down as Opposition Leader and retire from representational politics. The turnout at this election was just 37%, probably affected by the coronavirus pandemic.<ref>[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20200903/javotes2020-jlp-trounces-pnp-49-14-seats JLP Trounces PNP 49 To 14 Seats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085739/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20200903/javotes2020-jlp-trounces-pnp-49-14-seats |date=5 September 2020 }} The Gleaner, 3 September 2020</ref>

On 7 November 2020 the PNP elected [[Mark Golding]] as its 6th President after he defeated challenger [[Lisa Hanna]] in the [[2020 People's National Party leadership election]] by 1,740 votes to 1,444.<ref>''Barbados Today'', "Mark Golding wins presidential race for opposition party in Jamaica", 8 November 2020 https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/08/mark-golding-wins-presidential-race-for-opposition-party-in-jamaica/ Retrieved 22 December 2020.</ref>

== Political positions ==
The party adheres to [[social democracy]] and [[republicanism]], and is a full member of the [[Socialist International]].

==Election results==
===House of Representatives===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Status
|-
| [[1944 Jamaican general election|1944]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Norman Manley]]
| 82,029
| 23.5%
| {{Composition bar|5|32|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| ''New''
| 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1949 Jamaican general election|1949]]
| 203,048
| 43.5%
| {{Composition bar|13|32|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 8
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1955 Jamaican general election|1955]]
| 245,750
| 50.5%
| {{Composition bar|18|32|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{yes2| Majority government}}
|-
| [[1959 Jamaican general election|1959]]
| 305,642
| 54.8%
| {{Composition bar|29|45|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 11
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
| [[1962 Jamaican general election|1962]]
| 279,771
| 48.6%
| {{Composition bar|19|45|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 10
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1967 Jamaican general election|1967]]
| 217,207
| 49.1%
| {{Composition bar|20|53|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1972 Jamaican general election|1972]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Michael Manley]]
| 266,927
| 56.4%
| {{Composition bar|37|53|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 17
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
| [[1976 Jamaican general election|1976]]
| 417,768
| 56.8%
| {{Composition bar|47|60|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 10
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
| [[1980 Jamaican general election|1980]]
| 350,064
| 41.0%
| {{Composition bar|9|60|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 9
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[1983 Jamaican general election|1983]]
| colspan="6"| ''Did not contest''
|-
| [[1989 Jamaican general election|1989]]
| 473,754
| 56.6%
| {{Composition bar|45|60|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 45
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
| [[1993 Jamaican general election|1993]]
| rowspan="3" | [[P. J. Patterson]]
| 401,131
| 60.0%
| {{Composition bar|52|60|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 7
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
| [[1997 Jamaican general election|1997]]
| 429,805
| 56.2%
| {{Composition bar|50|60|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
| [[2002 Jamaican general election|2002]]
| 396,590
| 52.1%
| {{Composition bar|34|60|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 16
| {{steady}} 1st
| {{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
| [[2007 Jamaican general election|2007]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Portia Simpson-Miller]]
| 405,293
| 49.6%
| {{Composition bar|28|60|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2011 Jamaican general election|2011]]
| 463,232
| 53.3%
| {{Composition bar|42|63|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 14
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
| [[2016 Jamaican general election|2016]]
| 433,735
| 49.2%
| {{Composition bar|31|63|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2020 Jamaican general election|2020]]
| [[Peter Phillips (politician)|Peter Phillips]]
| 304,372
| 42.8%
| {{Composition bar|15|63|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 17
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2025 Jamaican general election|2025]]
| [[Mark Golding]]
| 401,398
| 49.2%
| {{Composition bar|28|63|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 14
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

===West Indies===
{{see also|West Indies Federal Labour Party|1958 West Indies federal elections|West Indies Federation|Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation}}

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Election
! Group
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! Position
! Status
|-
| [[1958 West Indies federal elections|1958]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamaica Observer Limited |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/the-1958-federal-election_128987?profile=1470 |access-date=25 June 2020 |work=Jamaica Observer}}</ref>
| [[West Indies Federal Labour Party|WIFLP]]
| [[Norman Manley]]
| 382,525
| 44.2%
| {{Composition bar|5|17|hex={{party color|People's National Party}}}}
| 2nd
| {{yes2|Majority government}}
|}

==List of party presidents==
*[[Norman Manley]] (1938–1969) ([[Organizational founder|Founder]])<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Michael Manley]] (1969–1992)
*[[P. J. Patterson|Percival James Patterson]] (1992–2006)
*[[Portia Simpson-Miller]] (2006–2017)
*[[Peter Phillips (Jamaican politician)|Peter Phillips]] (2017–2020)
*[[Mark Golding]] (2020–present)

==Previous logos==
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File:People's National Party (Jamaica) logo.svg|Logo of the People's National Party from 2011 - 2021.
File:People's_National_Party_Logo_(pre-2011).svg|Logo of the People's National Party used prior to the [[2011 Jamaican general election|2011 election]].
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.pnp.org.jm/ Official PNP website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207183219/http://www.about-jamaica.com/jamaica_government_2012.html Jamaica New 2012 Cabinet Ministers]
*[http://www.pnpjamaica.com/images/stories/documents/PNP.Final.Manifesto.pdf Party manifesto]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ([[Portable Document Format|PDF]] file; free download of reader available [http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html here])
*[http://www.discoverjamaica.com/gleaner/discover/geography/history8.htm History of the PNP and the JLP]
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