Jamaica's opposition People's National Party has secured a big election victory after a campaign dominated by the economy.
The result means a return by veteran PNP politician Portia Simpson Miller to the post of prime minister.
Current PM Andrew Holness said it was a "humbling" defeat for his Jamaica Labour Party.
The snap election was called earlier this month by Mr Holness who succeeded Bruce Golding as JLP leader in October.
Despite forecasts of a close race, preliminary official results showed that Mrs Simpson Miller's party had won 41 seats out of 63 for a big majority in parliament.
Mrs Simpson Miller, 66, was first elected to parliament in 1976 and became Jamaica's first woman prime minister in 2006-07.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...tin-america-16352120
The result means a return by veteran PNP politician Portia Simpson Miller to the post of prime minister.
Current PM Andrew Holness said it was a "humbling" defeat for his Jamaica Labour Party.
The snap election was called earlier this month by Mr Holness who succeeded Bruce Golding as JLP leader in October.
Despite forecasts of a close race, preliminary official results showed that Mrs Simpson Miller's party had won 41 seats out of 63 for a big majority in parliament.
Mrs Simpson Miller, 66, was first elected to parliament in 1976 and became Jamaica's first woman prime minister in 2006-07.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...tin-america-16352120