The New Nation Coalition (NNC) is a small nationalist and social democratic political party in Jamaica, led by Betty-Ann Blaine. The party has yet to contest a general election, but party convenor Betty-Ann Blaine was fielded as a candidate in the 4 April 2011, St. Catherine South Western by-election. She was unsuccessful in her bid to win the seat, securing only 175 votes, or 1.89% of votes cast.[1]
The New Nation Coalition formed a partnership with the National Democratic Movement known as the National Coalition in 2011.[2] The NNC chose to boycott the 29 December 2011 general election due to its objection to the election being called during the Christmas holiday season . The party called for the public to also boycott the election and said that these elections should be delayed in order for more information on scandals affecting both the then-governing Jamaica Labour Party and the then-opposition People's National Party to be released to the public.[3]
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Third parties form National Coalition". 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Third party wants early election boycott". December 2011.