Jamaica Labour Party come out on top in the first ballot, with Shearer and Robert Lightbourne being the other candidates. Under Shearer, the JLP lost power for the first time to the People's National Party and Michael Manley in 1972. Shearer served as Opposition Leader until 1974. Bustamante finally gave up the post of party leader in 1974, and Edward Seaga was elected his successor. The party lost the 1976 elections, but Seaga became Prime Minister after victory in 1980 when the party won by a landslide, capturing 51 of the then 60 parliamentary seats. In 1983 with the JLP achieving a spike
Democratic Party for the People leader. Interim co-leader Tamaki was elected as the permanent leader of the party. Democratic Party for the People The , , abbreviated to DPFP or DPP, is a centrist political party in Japan. The party was formed on 7 May 2018 from the merger of the Democratic Party and Kibō no Tō. The party was initially to be named the National Democratic Party before the predecessor parties decided on the current official English language name. On 28 September 2017, Democratic Party leader Seiji Maehara announced that the party had abandoned plans to contest the 2017 general election, with the party's