KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept 4, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness became the first political leader to win three consecutive terms in office as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won Monday’s general elections albeit with a significantly reduced margin.
IN the 2020 general election, the JLP had won 49 out of the 63 seats at stake in the Parliament, but according to the preliminary figures released by the Electoral Office of Jamaica, the party won 34 seats as against 29 for the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP).
Holness won his St Andrew West Central seat after coming from under a threat from the PNP’s Paul Buchanan. Holness polled 7054 votes as against 4,953 for Buchanan, who during the campaign had vowed to win the seat Holness held since 1997.
Holness, 53, told supporters that he was pleased they had decided to stand up behind the JLP, adding “today, Jamaica won this election.
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