The Jamaica Labour Party(JLP) has won the Local Government Elections, here in Jamaica.
The Local Goverment Elections are supposed to be held every two (2) years and seeks to elect Councillors and Mayors who will govern the affairs of the country, at the local level.
These are the people who are responsible for public health and sanitation, poor relief,water supply, minor roads, markets and fire services on our island.
Of the votes cast in the 227 Polling Divisions, the JLP got 62.7% of the votes, versus the People's National Party's (PNP's) 47.3%.
This is in stark contrast to the overwhelming 93% that the JLP got in 2003.
The Breakdown by Parish, for all 14 Parishes, is as follows:
- Kingston: JLP won
- St. Andrew: JLP won
- St.Catherine: JLP won
- St.Thomas: JLP won
- St. Mary: JLP won
- Portland: JLP won
- Clarendon: JLP won
- Trelawny: JLP won
- St. Elizabeth: JLP won
- St. James: JLP won
- St. Ann: JLP & PNP: tie, 8 seats each
- Hanover: PNP won
- Manchester: PNP won
- Westmoreland: PNP won
The exact seat count will be announced tomorrow.
(We apologize for the delay..but the Electoral Office of Jamaica(EOJ)'s realtime results were not reported by the major media houses. The exception being Nationwide Radio, who paid for the rights to access these results,realtime.)
The Electoral Office of Jamaica is the body responsible for administering elections in Jamaica and for ensuring that elections are free and fair,to all Jamaicans.
Gillian
Sources Include
1) Television Jamaica News at 10:00 p.m., December 5, 2007
2) Nationwide Radio, Jamaica, December 5,2007
3) Article,"Jamaica: Local government", Encyclopedia of the Nations::Americas::Jamaica
4) Electoral Office of Jamaica, December 5, 2007
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