People's National Party (PNP) supporters hang outside of this vehicle as they approach a policeman during the motorcade in Highgate and Port Maria last Tuesday. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer

Both the People's National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party had their election machinery travelling throughout the island over the past week.

Former Jamaica Labour Party member Verna Parchment shows her support to the crowd at the PNP's mass rally at Independence City Plaza, Portmore, St. Catherine, last Sunday. - Andrew Smith/Photography Editor

The PNP was in St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. Mary and Hanover and the JLP was in Clarendon and St. Catherine. Enthusiastic supporters from both parties flooded the towns, painting them in various shades of orange and green.

On Tuesday, People's National Party president Portia Simpson Miller greets supporters at a mass meeting in Port Maria, St. Mary. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer

We continue our series of photo-essays from the campaign trail.

Jamaica Labour Party leader Bruce Golding is surrounded by female supporters at a mass meeting in May Pen, Clarendon, on Thursday. - Nathaniel Stewart/Freelance Photographer

A green-wigged Jamaica Labour Party supporter at the JLP mass meeting in May Pen, Clarendon, on Thursday, July 26. - Nathaniel Stewart/Freelance Photographer

Enthusiastic JLP supporters put up political flags and other paraphernalia in the streets of May Pen on Wednesday. - Nathaniel Stewart/Freelance Photographer