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Update: Clarendon SE By-Election | 15% voter turnout so far

Published:Monday | March 2, 2020 | 4:21 PM
Outdoor agents at the Free Town Primary School during the March 2, 2020 by-election in Clarendon South Eastern - Rudolph Brown photo

The Electoral Office of Jamaica is reporting that the voter turnout up to 3:00 p.m. for the Clarendon South Eastern by-election is 15.01%.

Comparatively, the voter turnout in the constituency at 3:00 p.m. for the February 25, 2016 General Election was 41.46%.

The polls are scheduled to close at 5:00 p.m.

There are 135 polling stations and 41,308 electors are eligible to vote.

The Jamaica Labour Party’s Pearnel Charles Jnr and independent candidate Dereck Lambert are vying for the seat.

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