One week after the General Election, the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) says it has completed all three recounts.
The last, San Fernando East, remained in the hands of the People’s National Movement’s (PNM) Brian Manning.
A day after the election, the United National Congress triggered recounts in three constituencies: San Fernando East; Malabar/Mausica (formerly D’Abadie/O’Meara) and Arouca/Lopinot (formerly Lopinot/Bon Air West) seats.
The candidates for the San Fernando East seat were Manning (PNM), John Michael Alibocas (UNC) and Kenrick Serette (Patriotic Front).
Last week in its preliminary results, the EBC said in San Fernando East, the electorate was 25,607 with 13,909 voting. Manning got 7,026 votes, Alibocas received 6,357 and Serrette 490 votes. Overall, 36 votes were rejected.
In a media release yesterday, the EBC said Manning received 64 fewer votes with a total of 7017, Alibocas also received fewer votes than first calculated, moving him from 6,357 to 6344 ,while Serrette received 12 more votes, taking him from 490 to 502.
The number of rejected ballots went from 36 to six.