• New faces, keen contest expected for PNP

Kingston Central was among the 32 constituencies fixed in the constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. Of the seven contested Parliamentary General Elections between 1944 - 1993, the PNP won six times to the JLP's one.

In 1944 Frank A. Pixley (JLP) polled 8,485 votes to defeat Wills O. Isaacs, who polled 4,471 by a 4,014 majority. This was the "Bishop's" only defeat as he retired Frank Pixley in the 1949 General Elections, defeating him by a 3,993 majority. In 1955 Wills Isaacs defeated Ernest Ray by a 2,663 majority.

In the 1959 Boundaries alignment, Central Kingston was divided into East Central and West Central. Wills O. Isaacs continued his winning ways in the new East Central constituency in 1959 and 1962. When Kingston Central was restored by the Constituencies (Boundaries) Order 1966, which came into operation on the 3rd of January, 1967, the kitchen became extremely hot for the "Bishop" and he was advised by his comrades to contest the St. Ann North Eastern seat, which he won in 1967 and 1972.

Michael Manley replaced Wills O. Isaacs in Kingston Central for the 1967 General Election. In an extremely close contest, he defeated E.K. Powell (JLP) by 43 votes. In 1972 Michael Manley, with the "rod of correction" in hand, defeated Errol Anderson (JLP) by an increased majority of 1,654. With the Boundaries adjustment in 1976, the number of constituencies were increased from three to four, with the Kingston Central constituency once again divided into East and West. Finally, in the 1986 Constituencies (Boundaries) adjustment, Kingston Central was once again on the map.

In 1989, Ralph Brown (PNP) defeated Olivia Grange (JLP) by 1,869 votes. In 1993, after Ralph Brown's retirement from the political arena, his replacement Col. Leslie Lloyd defeated Olivia Grange (JLP) by a 2,375 majority. With the departure of Miss Grange to Central St. Catherine and the replacement of Col. Lloyd, Kingston Central will have three new contenders in the up-coming General Election. In what promises to be a keen and clean contest with the advent of Ronnie Thwaites (PNP), Marcia Davis (JLP) and Charles Ganga-Singh (NDM), the ruling PNP seems set to win Kingston Central for the seventh consecutive term.