The Electoral Office of Jamaica (ECJ) reported that 150 candidates were nominated to contest the December 29 polls. The two major political parties – the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) each nominated 63 candidates. The Marcus Garvey People’s Political Party has nominated 10 and the National Democratic Movement (NDM) seven candidates. The Jamaica Alliance Movement had one candidate and there were 6 independent candidates.
The full list of candidates follows.
List of Candidates for 2011 Jamaica General Election
| Constituency | JLP | PNP | Other |
| Clarendon Central | Lester Michael HENRY | Richard WATSON | - |
| Clarendon Northern | Laurence BRODERICK | Horace DALLEY | Eton WILLIAMS (NDM) |
| Clarendon North Central | Pearnel CHARLES | Collington CAMPBELL | - |
| Clarendon North Western | Michael STERN | Richard AZAN | - |
| Clarendon South Eastern | Rudyard Conrad SPENCER | Derick Lloyd LAMBERT | - |
| Clarendon South Western | Joel Lawrence WILLIAMS | Noel George ARSCOTT | - |
| Hanover Eastern | Paula KERR-JARRETT | Donald K. DUNCAN | - |
| Hanover Western | Donovan HAMILTON | Ian HAYLES | - |
| Kingston Central | Rosalie Marie HAMILTON | Ronald THWAITES | Michael A LORNE (MGPPP) |
| Kingston East & Port Royal | Peter Curtis SANGSTER | Phillip PAULWELL | - |
| Kingston Western | Desmond McKENZIE | Carl DAWKINS | Arlington SEATON (MGPPP) |
| Manchester Central | Danville WALKER | Peter BUNTING | - |
| Manchester North Eastern | Audley Fitz Albert SHAW | Valenton Orlando WINT | - |
| Manchester North Western | Timothy SCARLETT | Mikael PHILLIPS | - |
| Manchester Southern | Collin VIRGO | Michael PEART | - |
| Portland Eastern | Patrick LEE | Lynvale BLOOMFIELD | - |
| Portland Western | Daryl VAZ | Rohan QUEST | Peter Anthony FLEMMINGS (NDM) |
| St. Andrew East Central | Beverly AnnMarie PRINCE | Peter David PHILLIPS | Allan MARTIN (MGPPP) |
| St. Andrew East Rural | Joan GORDON-WEBLEY | Damion CRAWFORD | Damion Omar CRAWFORD (IND) |
| St. Andrew Eastern | Saphire LONGMORE | Andre HYLTON | Earl DELISSER (NDM) |
| St. Andrew North Central | Karl SAMUDA | Leanne PHILLIPS | - |
| St. Andrew North Eastern | Delroy Hawmin CHUCK | John-Paul Alexander WHITE | Terence Arthur Jerome LINDO (NDM) |
| St. Andrew North Western | Derrick SMITH | Granville VALENTINE | Curtis C. CAMPBELL (NDM) |
| St. Andrew South Eastern | Dwight NELSON | Julian Jay ROBINSON | Horage Hugo MATTHEWS (MGPPP) Byron Sylvester PATTON (IND) |
| St. Andrew South Western | Victor HYDE | Portia SIMPSON-MILLER | Annmarie THOMAS (IND) |
| St. Andrew Southern | Dennis MESSIAS | Omar DAVIES | - |
| St. Andrew West Central | Andrew Michael HOLNESS | Patrick Leroy ROBERTS | - |
| St. Andrew West Rural | Andrew GALLIMORE | Paul Lennnox BUCHANAN | Joan PORTEOUS (NDM) |
| St. Andrew Western | George DUHANEY | George Anthony HYLTON | Aldith Mary GRANT-LEE (NDM) |
| St. Ann North Eastern | Shahine Elizabeth ROBINSON | Paul T.A. STEWART | - |
| St. Ann North Western | Othniel Damion LAWRENCE | Dayton Ricardo CAMPBELL | - |
| St. Ann South Eastern | Oneil Lorenzo ESTEEN | Lisa Rene HANNA | - |
| St. Ann South Western | Ernest A. SMITH | Keith Anthony WALFORD | Andrew Wayne WILLIS (IND) |
| St. Catherine Central | Olivia GRANGE | Maurice WESTNEY | - |
| St. Catherine East Central | Camille BUCHANAN | Arnaldo BROWN | - |
| St. Catherine Eastern | Sharon HAY-WEBSTER | Joyce Denise DALEY | - |
| St. Catherine North Central | Raymoth NOTICE | Natalie NEITA-HEADLEY | Barton GARTH (MGPPP) |
| St. Catherine North Eastern | Desmond Gregory MAIR | Abraham Joseph DABDOUB | - |
| St. Catherine North Western | Sandra Marie NESBETH | Robert PICKERSGILL | Guthrie GENE (IND) |
| St. Catherine South Central | Andrew Obrien WHEATLEY | Vincent MORRISON | - |
| St. Catherine South Eastern | Keith BLAKE | Colin FAGAN | Leon BURRELL (MGPPP) |
| St. Catherine South Western | Clifford Everald WARMINGTON | Anthony Lorenzo EWBANKS | Uppon Eric BLAKE (MGPPP) |
| St. Catherine Southern | Keith HINDS | Fitz JACKSON | - |
| St. Catherine West Central | Kenneth BAUGH | Clinton CLARKE | - |
| St. Elizabeth North Eastern | Corris SAMUELS | Raymond PRYCE | - |
| St. Elizabeth North Western | William J.C. HUTCHINSON | Richard Garfield ROWE | - |
| St. Elizabeth South Eastern | Franklyn WITTER | Richard PARCHMENT | - |
| St. Elizabeth South Western | Christopher TUFTON | Hugh BUCHANAN | - |
| St. James Central | Heroy CLARKE | Lloyd B. SMITH | - |
| St. James East Central | Edmund BARTLETT | Cedrick Stewart SOMERTON | Roystan RICHARDS (IND) |
| St. James North Western | Horace Anthony CHANG | Henry George McCURDY | - |
| St. James Southern | Homer Edward DAVIS | Derrick Flavius KELLIER | - |
| St. James West Central | Clive Arthur MULLINGS | Sharon FFOLKES-ABRAHAMS | Clifford BARNETT (MGPPP) |
| St. Mary Central | Lennon RICHARDS | Morais GUY | - |
| St. Mary South Eastern | Richard CREARY | Winston GREEN | - |
| St. Mary Western | Robert St. Aubyn MONTAGUE | Joylan SILVERA | - |
| St. Thomas Eastern | Patrece CHARLES | Fenton R.I. FERGUSON | Ian FLEMMINGS (MGPPP) |
| St. Thomas Western | James Rudolph ROBERTSON | Leonard Constantine GREEN | Robert COVE (MGPPP) |
| Trelawny Northern | Dennis MEADOWS | Patrick ATKINSON | Ras Astor Black (JAM) |
| Trelawny Southern | Marisa Coleen DALRYMPLE-PHILIBERT | Lyndel Lennox FRATER | - |
| Westmoreland Central | Marlene Malahoo FORTE | Roger CLARKE | - |
| Westmoreland Eastern | Donovan FOOTE | Luther BUCHANAN | - |
| Westmoreland Western | Carey Andrew Manley WALLACE | Kenneth Wykeham McNEILL | - |