The Electoral Commission of Jamaica says a total of 2,001,759 electors are eligible to vote in the upcoming local government election.

The updated list, published on November 30, saw the addition of 22,117 persons who can now vote in any future election.

Jamaica’s Voter’s List is published twice a year, on May 31 and November 30.

Individuals who registered between October 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024 will be added to the May 2024 list.

The long-awaited local government election is scheduled to take place before the end of February 2024, after multiple delays. The parochial polls were due in 2020. However, they were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The election was again postponed in 2022 and February 2023.

While an official date has not been announced, members of the two main political parties, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is the only one with the power to set an election date.

The PNP has threatened legal action, if the election is again postponed.