The outcome of the final counting of ballots in the Cedar Valley division of the St. Thomas Municipal Corporation has seen the People's National Party's Marsha Francis retaining councillorship of the division over the Jamaica Labour Party's Kerry Francis.
A total of 300 ballots were rejected, reportedly because they were improperly marked.
This affected the numbers for both candidates, however, this did not affect the outcome of the PNP victory which was declared Monday night.
Marsha Francis retained the Cedar Valley division with 741 votes to Kerry Francis, who received 672 votes.
Morant Bay
Meanwhile, the outcome of the final count in the Morant Bay division has seen the PNP holding on to Monday night's victory.
Rohan Bryan with 1,522 votes defeated a former mayor, the JLP's Haniff Brown who received 1,447 votes.
There were a few rejected ballots in the division.
The final count is continuing in the other eight divisions of the parish.
Following the preliminary count, both parties were declared with five divisions each, leaving the municipal corporation at a tie.
JLP gets Toll Gate
In the meantime, in a statement from the EOJ said the final count for the Toll Gate division in Clarendon South Western had been completed.
It has been declared for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate Radcliffe McDonald with 1,503 votes.
The People’s National Party (PNP) candidate Godfrey Knight received 1,502 votes.
There were 23 rejected ballots.
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