Vaz to be sworn in next week
Published:Thursday | March 26, 2009 | 12:41 PM
The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Member of Parliament elect for West Portland Daryl Vaz is to be sworn in next week Tuesday.
This follows the completion of the recount of ballots in Monday’s by-election.
During the recount, Mr Vaz gained 12 more votes to put his final ballot count at 7,927.
The PNP’s Kenneth Rowe gained 7 more votes pushing him to a total of 5,633.
Astor Black of the New Jamaica Alliance picked up one more vote to earn a final count of 28.
The changes means that Vaz has won by a vote margin of 2,294 up from 2,289 votes.