(B) That the taking of the poll in the general election of members of the House of Representatives held on the 18th day of December, 1997, is void in respect of West Central St. Andrew. The grounds on which the declarations are sought are set out below: (1) That ballot boxes were stolen and/or destroyed and/or tampered with and the number of electors on the list of electors for the polling stations in polling divisions 49, 64, 71 and 72 is more than the difference in the number of votes cast for the candidate declared the winner and the candidates who were not declared the winner. (2) That votes were polled by persons who were not bona fide electors thereby casting doubt on the integrity of the votes counted for the candidate declared elected. (3) That there was an upsurge of violence and/or irregularities during election day in one or more polling divisions in the constituency and/or in the constituency which led to a substantial distortion or subversion of the process of free and fair election. An affidavit by Owen Dustin Marsh, retired Judge of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Constituted Authority, at paragraph 7 thereof states: "That the Constituted Authority has pursuant to section 52A(1) of the representation of the People Act determined on its own motion that an application ought to be made to the Election Court to have the taking of the poll in polling divisions 23, 47, 56, 57,58, 60, 64, 71 and 72 and in the Constituency of West Central S t Andrew declared void."

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