Final Counting under way in Local Government Elections

Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, has advised that the final counting of ballots from Monday’s (February 26) Local Government Elections is under way.

He told JIS News that counting is in progress at 63 counting centres across Jamaica.

“We await those results. As soon as they come in, we will be releasing it to the public. Some constituencies will be completed today but not everybody will be completed. We might issue an advisory, certainly by 5:00 p.m. this afternoon, in terms of the days’ activities,” Mr. Brown said.

Preliminary results indicate that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won seven of the Municipal Corporations, with the People’s National Party (PNP) taking four.

There is a tie in Kingston and St. Andrew, with both parties taking 20 divisions, and in Clarendon with 11 divisions each.

The Corporations won by the JLP include St. Thomas, Portland, St. Mary, St. Ann, Trelawny, St. James and St. Elizabeth.

Those won by the PNP include the parishes of Hanover, Westmoreland, Manchester and St. Catherine.

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) said the preliminary voter turnout for the Local Government Elections was 29.6 per cent.