Ok friends, after about five (5) weeks of legal rambling, there is finally a decision for the constituency of West Trelawny, in Jamaica. Professor D. K. Duncan (from the People's National Party) has won the seat by 10 votes.
He gained 6,068 votes to the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP's) Barrington Gray's, 6,058 votes.
The JLP has said that they will be contesting the results in the Supreme Court - the highest court of the land, since the ballots that were improperly opened by the Presiding Officers in the constituency, had not been counted.
(The Presiding Officers ripped open a few of the ballots, so badly, that they could hardly tell which candidates the electors voted for.)
The seat count for Parliament (for now) is:
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP): 32 seats
The People's National Party (PNP) 28 seats.
(In all, Jamaica is divided into 60 constituencies, for the purpose of electing 60 members of Parliament. Each Parliamentary member occupies a seat in Parliament, hence 60 seats.)
Sources Include:
1) Power 106 5:00 p.m. News, October 26, 2007
Gillian
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