Portland Eastern
Parliamentary constituency of Jamaica
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Portland East is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election.
It was represented by Labour MP Ann-Marie Vaz.[1] Vaz's husband Daryl Vaz is MP for Portland Western.[2]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Donald Rhodd | People's National Party | ||
| 2011 | Lynvale Bloomfield | People's National Party | Died in office[3] | |
| 2019 by-election | Ann-Marie Vaz | Jamaica Labour Party | ||
| 2020 | ||||
| 2025 | Isat Buchanan | People's National Party | [4] | |
Boundaries
Encompasses the Portland communities of Fellowship, Port Antonio and Fairy Hill.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Donald Rhodd | 8,202 | 52.48 | ||
| JLP | Dennis Wright | 7,428 | 47.52 | ||
| Total votes | 15,630 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | 60.32 | ||||
| PNP hold | |||||
