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Ja­maican Prime Min­is­ter An­drew Hol­ness se­cured a third term ear­ly Thurs­day fol­low­ing a tight race on an is­land shak­en by cor­rup­tion, in­equity and eco­nom­ic con­cerns.

Pre­lim­i­nary re­sults showed that Hol­ness’ Ja­maica La­bor Par­ty won at least 34 seats, while Mark Gold­ing’s op­po­si­tion Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Par­ty se­cured at least 29 seats.

Gold­ing con­ced­ed the elec­tion in a brief speech, say­ing he was dis­ap­point­ed in the out­come as he ac­knowl­edged the suc­cess of his op­po­nent.