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Turnout | 18.65% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jamaica portal |
A by-election to the Jamaican House of Representatives was held for the Clarendon South Eastern constituency on March 2, 2020. The seat was declared vacant due to the resignation of member of Parliament Rudyard Spencer on February 4, 2020. [1] The election was won by Pearnel Charles Jr. of the Jamaica Labour Party.
The PNP did not contest the by-election. [2]
Date | Event |
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February 4, 2020 | Rudyard Spencer resigned as member of Parliament [3] |
February 5, 2020 | Writ of Election issued by Governor-General and announced by Prime Minister [1] |
February 12, 2020 | Nomination day |
March 2, 2020 | Polling day |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JLP | Pearnel Charles Jr. | 6,846 | 90.23 | ||
Independent | Dereck Lambert | 741 | 9.77 | ||
Rejected ballots | 119 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 7,706 | 18.65 | |||
Registered electors | 41,308 | ||||
JLP hold |
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Constituency of Clarendon South Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 18.65% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jamaica portal |
A by-election to the Jamaican House of Representatives was held for the Clarendon South Eastern constituency on March 2, 2020. The seat was declared vacant due to the resignation of member of Parliament Rudyard Spencer on February 4, 2020. [1] The election was won by Pearnel Charles Jr. of the Jamaica Labour Party.
The PNP did not contest the by-election. [2]
Date | Event |
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February 4, 2020 | Rudyard Spencer resigned as member of Parliament [3] |
February 5, 2020 | Writ of Election issued by Governor-General and announced by Prime Minister [1] |
February 12, 2020 | Nomination day |
March 2, 2020 | Polling day |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JLP | Pearnel Charles Jr. | 6,846 | 90.23 | ||
Independent | Dereck Lambert | 741 | 9.77 | ||
Rejected ballots | 119 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 7,706 | 18.65 | |||
Registered electors | 41,308 | ||||
JLP hold |