Patterson retains St. Margret’s Bay seat
Posted by NEWSROOM on 12/04/2012 at 8:44pm
The Jamaica Labour Party (LJP) candidate for the St. Margaret's Bay Division in Portland has been declared the winner, following a magisterial recount.
The JLP’s Floyd Patterson today (April 12) retained the division by 11 votes, over the PNP Vernon Hemmings.
Mr. Patterson polled 1,317 votes.
The results of the recount, which was conducted at the Port Antonio Court House, was released a short while ago.
Attorney-at-law, Charles Gangasingh, who represents Mr. Hemmings, told Irie FM News that his client intends to challenge the result further.
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