KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) has released the results of the final count for last Monday’s by-elections in St Andrew Southern, St Andrew South Western and St Mary South Eastern.

For the constituency of St Andrew Southern, 7,085 votes were cast and of that number, 6,203 went to the People’s National Party’s (PNP) candidate, Mark Golding while the other 774 went to the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Dane Dennis.

There were 108 rejected ballots and a 30.11 per cent voter turnout in that constituency.

In St Andrew South Western, the PNP’s stand bearer, Dr Angela Brown Burke amassed a total of 6,324 votes from the 6,659 that were cast, while Victor Hyde of the JLP got the remaining 223 votes.

Of the total amount of votes cast, 112 were rejected and there was a 25.94 per cent voter turnout.

In St Mary South Eastern, which saw a whopping 61.42 per cent voter turnout, the JLP’s Dr Norman Dunn got 8,169 of the 15,509 votes that were cast, while the PNP’s Dr Shane Alexis walked away with the other 7,246 votes.

Only 94 ballots were rejected.

Director of Elections, Orette Fisher has since advised the Governor-General and the Clerk to the Houses of Parliament as to the winning candidates, according to the release from the EOJ.

The winning candidates, Dunn, Brown Burke and Golding will be sworn in as Members of Parliament (MPs) this afternoon at Gordon House on Duke Street in Kingston, when the House of Representatives meets at 2:00 pm.

Dunn will replace former MP, the late Dr Winston Green who died suddenly; while Brown Burke replaces former Prime Minister and PNP president, Portia Simpson Miller, who retired earlier this year, and Golding will take over from Dr Omar Davies, who also vacated his seat earlier this year.