Mara captures first 4 boxes

The results from some ballot boxes in today’s by-election in St John are already coming in.
The Nation’s Chris Gollop, reporting from St John tonight, says the Democratic Labour Party candidate Mara Thompson is leading Barbados Labour Party candidate Hudson Griffith, in the four boxes returned so far.
Returning officer Richard Harris announced at 9:05 p.m. that in box JA 1, Thompson received 172 and 175 votes, while Griffith received 14 and 9 votes.
In JA 2, Thompson received 271 votes and 250, while Griffith received 23 and 16.
There is a large crowd already gathered at The Lodge School.