The voter turnout remains low in the St Ann North East by-election with 9.36 per cent of the electorate casting their ballots at 3:00 p.m.

At 11 o' clock this morning, the turnout was 5.12 per cent.

Over 43,000 electors are eligible to vote.

The Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Matthew Samuda, Chase Albert Neil of the United Independents Congress, and independent David Fritz Anderson, a former member of the People's National Party (PNP) are seeking to become the next member of parliament for the constituency.

The PNP had announced that it would not contest the by-election but would focus its energy on national polls that are constitutionally due by September next year.

Samuda is expected to retain the seat for the governing party.

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