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The PNP and JLP candidates for Eastern St Andrew, Fayval Williams and Andre Hylton have moved to bring the confrontation between their supporters at the Mountain View Primary School under control.
"We understand that about 25 persons clad in orange showed up to vote but questions were raised about where they lived, but we went down and sorted out the situation and calmed tempers so that they could be allowed to vote in peace," Williams told The Gleaner.
For his part, Andre Hylton said that he has heard of the incident and that his team is on the ground managing the situation.
"We heard of an incident at the Mountain View Primary but my team has gone down there to address the situation and to maintain calm," he said.
ST ANDREW EASTERN CANDIDATES
JLP: Fayval Williams
PNP: Andre Hylton
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has been declared winner of the 2016 General Elections after unseating the People's National Party (PNP) at today's polls.
The Manchester police recorded its first incident today after a man clad in green stabbed another in the cheek, after a feud developed in Huntley in the constituency of North East Manchester.
An elderly voter narrowly escaped arrest after she was involved in an altercation with election day workers at a polling division in the St Andrew, south-eastern constituency.