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Seaga and Manley had sought to attract the uncommitted voters in the middle. Each of the rival parties claims about 35 percent of the island's slightly more than 1 million voters. Thursday's elections were the 11th time Jamaicans have voted since they gained universal suffrage in 1944. Workers in his family's compound remained in radio contact with vans picking up supporters and carrying them to vote. Vaz, a garment manufacturer, said he relied heavily on computers to plot campaign strategy. Andrew, or North-East, constituency where JLP incumbent Douglas Vaz turned back a fierce challenge by the PNP's Peter Thomas. Things were much quieter in the nearby St. Reports crackled over mobile telephones that many of them carried. 'All we can do is protect against further damage,' Peralto said as he dispatched workers to guard against fraud. He said his lead was wiped out by voting irregularities that caused many of the JLP's middle-class supporters to leave the precincts without casting ballots. Meanwhile, Peralto blamed the problems on the PNP. Wednesday, the campaign office had complained to authorities that the official appeared to have connections to the rival party. Boxes were missing in PNP strongholds, he said. Winston Ritchie, campaign manager for Douglas, raced from polling station to polling station trying to find the presiding election official. Others showed up hours after the polls opened at 7 a.m.

Voting boxes did not arrive in three constituencies until afternoon. Peralto is the JLP's general secretary and Jamaica's minister for foreign affairs, industry and commerce. Incumbent Parliament member Ryan Peralto lost to PNP challenger Easton Douglas. Late-arriving ballot boxes sent both sides into a frenzy in the Saint Andrew, or South-East, constituency, one of the crucial contests in the Kingston area. Police and soldiers stood guard as young men dressed in party colors cruised the streets on motorcycles. The rest of Jamaica appeared to be quiet. He had cursed at the journalists, and his supporters seized their film.Д¬onfrontations, some with gunfire, occurred throughout the capital. Seaga also said he regretted an incident earlier in the day between him and a camera crew from Cable News Network. The prime minister said four ballot boxes were reported stolen in his own constituency, or voting district, although voters did return him to another term in Parliament. 'I'm sorry about the mood this whole thing has taken on these last few days,' Seaga told reporters, most of them foreigners. He blamed most of the problems on the PNP - a charge Manley disputed. More than 100 people have been hurt.ДЄfter voting Thursday afternoon, Seaga complained bitterly that the elections were the most fraudulent he had seen in 30 years of public life. It was the 12th politically related death since the campaign began Jan. Incidents and charges of fraud appeared to be concentrated in certain neighborhoods of Kingston, a traditional trouble spot.ДЄ 25-year-old pregnant woman, who was a JLP supporter, died from a gunshot wound Thursday morning on a Kingston street.

#Manley jamaica prime minister free

Seaga's government reversed many of Manley's policies and embraced free enterprise as a solution to the nation's shattered economy.ДЄlthough missing ballot boxes and other irregularities marred Thursday's contest, most of the voting went on peacefully across this island of 2.3 million people.