The People's National Party (PNP) candidate for West Central St. Andrew Paul Buchanan, who was defeated in the September 3 general election by the incumbent, Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness, has filed an application with the Constituted Authority to void the taking of the poll in the constituency.
The preliminary count of the votes showed that Dr. Holness received 7,054 votes to 4,953 for Mr. Buchanan.
The PNP says the application filed on Wednesday is based on a number of grounds allegedly arising from the conduct of the poll.
These include violence and intimidation in the Olympic Gardens and Molynes Gardens divisions, invasion by Jamaica Labour Party operatives of the polling station cluster at Seaward Primary School and irregular transportation of 18 ballot boxes from that cluster to the counting centre, resulting in their arrival at 10 p.m.
The PNP further alleges voter suppression in the Molynes Gardens division and the malfunctioning of the Electronic Voter Identification System, which caused electors to be turned away from polling stations.
Under the Representation of the People Act, the Constituted Authority has two weeks to decide on the application and whether to send a petition to the election court.
The Constituted Authority comprises four selected members of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica and two other persons, one of whom is a retired judge and the other a member of the Privy Council.
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