2020 Clarendon South Eastern by-election

2020 Clarendon South Eastern by-election

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Constituency of Clarendon South Eastern
Turnout	18.65%
First party Second party   Ind. Candidate Pearnel Charles Jr. Dereck Lambert Party JLP Independent Popular vote 6,846 741 Percentage 90.23% 9.77%
MP before election Rudyard Spencer JLP Elected MP Pearnel Charles Jr. JLP

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.

Background

The PNP did not contest the by-election. ^[2]

Dates

Date	Event
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

2020 Clarendon South Eastern by-election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Voting results

Jamaica Labour Party			90.23%
Independent			9.77%

Ballots

Valid votes			98.46%
Rejected ballots			1.54%

See also

• Politics of Jamaica
• Elections in Jamaica

References

1. "March 2 by-election for Clarendon South Eastern". Jamaica Observer . 6 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
2. "PNP will not contest any by-election so close to a general election - Robinson". Jamaica Gleaner . 5 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
3. "Spencer resigns". Jamaica Observer . 5 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
4. "Clarendon South Eastern By-election". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.