#JaVotes2025 | Voter turnout was 30.4 per cent at 3 o'clock, says EOJ
Published:Wednesday | September 3, 2025 | 5:05 PM
Data from the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) shows voter turnout in the general election climbed to 30.41 per cent at 3 p.m., amid widespread complaints of slow voting.
The 30.41 per cent is double the 11 a.m. figure of 14.8 per cent.
At 2 p.m. in 2020, the EOJ reported that 30.67 per cent of eligible electors had cast a ballot after reports from 89 per cent of polling stations across the island.
In the 2016 general election the voter turnout at 3 p.m. was 39.94 per cent.
The elections body said turnout for the local government by-elections at that time was 27.35 per cent.
The body is reminding individuals that every person in line at 5 p.m. is allowed to cast their ballot.
- Erica Virtue
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