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PHOTO FLASHBACK: OCTOBER 30, 1980 GENERAL ELECTION

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 10:41 PMA Digital Integration & Marketing production
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Mrs Phillip Seaga hugs her son in his hour of triumph.
Voters at St Richard Primary School at 8:40 a.m. awaiting the arrival of the presiding officer. At the right are the ballot boxes and other electoral documents.
A dejected pair of Comrades, PNP General Secretary D.K. Duncan and Prime Minister Michael Manley at PNP Headquarters after conceding victory to the JLP.
Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, Edward Seaga, casting his vote under the watchful eyes of the media.
Prime Minister Michael Manley in the process of casting his vote at Annette Crescent in North Central St Andrew.
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With an 80 per cent voter turnout, JLP secured more than half of the seats in the 1980 election. Voters were encouraged to go out early and vote, and they did just that. Both parties knew their fate even before the official count had ended.