The 1980 national polls represented a major transition in Jamaica's politics as the socialist government of Prime Minister Michael Manley was swept from power by the conservative Jamaica Labour Party, led by Edward Seaga. The parties were fiercely divided along ideological lines. The JLP won 51 of the 60 parliamentary seats. It was a devastating loss for Manley's People's National Party, which won the 1972 and 1976 elections in convincing fashion. The Election was held October 30, 1980. #Electio
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The 1980 national polls represented a major transition in Jamaica's politics as the socialist government of Prime Minister Michael Manley was swept from power by the conservative Jamaica Labour Party, led by Edward Seaga. The parties were fiercely divided along ideological lines. The JLP won 51 of the 60 parliamentary seats. It was a devastating loss for Manley's People's National Party, which won the 1972 and 1976 elections in convincing fashion. The Election was held October 30, 1980. #Electio
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The historic electoral whupping of the People’s National Party of October 30, 1980, at the hands of the Edward Seaga-led Jamaica Labour Party still evokes raw emotions today. Political historian and former PNP senator Delano Franklyn recalled that Michael Manley and Seaga went after each other aggressively in rhetorical duels that morphed into pitched battles among supporters. Read more here: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20201029/haunted-1980-demon-seaga-dangerous-manley-tales
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The historic electoral whupping of the People’s National Party of October 30, 1980, at the hands of the Edward Seaga-led Jamaica Labour Party still evokes raw emotions today. Political historian and former PNP senator Delano Franklyn recalled that Michael Manley and Seaga went after each other aggressively in rhetorical duels that morphed into pitched battles among supporters. Read more here: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20201029/haunted-1980-demon-seaga-dangerous-manley-tales
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Forty years after the bloody election campaign in 1980, Rosemarie ‘Debbie’ Maragh believes that she would not be alive today had it not been for her insistent sister and the heroic help of a man who braved heavy gunfire while ushering her to safety. That occurred during the infamous Gold Street Massacre. Read more here: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20201028/dark-dance-death-survivors-remember-gold-street-massacre #Election1980 | Jamaica Gleaner
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