Polls closed in Yallahs, May Pen North by-elections
Published:Friday | April 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM
The polls have now closed in the by-elections in Clarendon and St Thomas.
The Electoral Office of Jamaica said, at 3 p.m there was a 17.4 per cent voter turnout in the May Pen North Division by-election in Clarendon.
May Pen North Division:
PNP: Earl Blake
JLP: Tanya-Lee Williams
Why the by-election was called
The seat became vacant following the passing of the JLP's Melvin Jones on December 24, 2017. The JLP currently holds 13 divisions in the Clarendon Municipal Corporation to the PNP's eight.
In the Yallahs Division in St Thomas, there was a 28.7 per cent voter turnout.
At the opening of the polls, scored of people lined up to cast their ballots.
Yallahs Division
JLP: John Lee
PNP: Constantine Bogle
Why the by-election was called
The JLP's Dean Jones was ruled ineligible to be the councillor for the Yallahs Division by the Supreme Court in March after it found that he was employed to the government at the time of the 2016 local government election, which breached the law.
The PNP now controls five seats in St Thomas Municipal Corporation to the JLP's four seats.
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