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.
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Constituency of Clarendon South Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 18.65% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editDates
edit| 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 |
Result
edit| 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 | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "March 2 by-election for Clarendon South Eastern". Jamaica Observer. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "PNP will not contest any by-election so close to a general election - Robinson". Jamaica Gleaner. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Spencer resigns". Jamaica Observer. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Clarendon South Eastern By-election". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.