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Image caption: Jamaica Labour Party and People’s National Party supporters in Kellits, Clarendon, on nomination day.
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) continues to hold a one-percentage-point lead over the People’s National Party (PNP), with 24 per cent of the 1,010 registered voters surveyed in the latest RJRGLEANER Communications Group-commissioned Don Anderson poll declaring their support for the governing party.
Twenty-three per cent of participants say they will vote for the opposition PNP, while only one per cent of the participants registered their intent to vote for independent candidates.
The participants who said that they harbour no thoughts of voting and those who remain unsure amounted to 26 per cent each.
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