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It's being proposed that the Jamaica parliament be increased from 60 seats to an odd number between 61 one and 65.
The suggestion has come from the Chairman of the Electoral Commission Professor Errol Miller who wants the new parliament to make that a priority.
There are presently 60 seats in the Jamaica parliament.
Proposals for increasing the number were tabled during the last parliament but were not debated.
Given the close outcome of Monday's poll Professor Miller said it could have very well ended up in a tie between the two main parties.
At one stage during the counting the parties were actually tied at 28 seats each.
Meanwhile, as recounting of ballots in Jamaica nears its conclusion it's emerging that the Jamaica Labour Party might be pulling further ahead of the People's National Party.
The Jamaica press is now reporting the JLP's seat count at 33 to 27 for the PNP.
At the end of the first round of counting after voting on Monday it was 31 to 29 in favour of the JLP.
Since then the ongoing recount has confirmed one additional seat to the JLP taking them to 32 - and now with a possible further seat.
There are sixty seats in the Jamaica parliament and only the JLP and PNP garnered enough votes to obtain seats.
The Director of Elections Danville Walker had told BBC Caribbean earlier this week of what he described as razor thin margins in some constituencies.
In the most recent example a JLP candidate seems to have retained his seat by a slight 34 vote margin.
The Elections Office of Jamaica was also continuing final counts for four other close races.
The recount was expected to be completed by Thursday.
Coming out of Monday's poll 808,240 of the 1.3 million people registered to vote cast their ballots - a turnout of 60.4 per cent.
The Jamaica Labour Party polled 405,215, with the People's National Party receiving 402,275.
The small National Democratic Movement got 540 votes while the other groups could only pull 110 votes among them.
It's being proposed that the Jamaica parliament be increased from 60 seats to an odd number between 61 one and 65.
The suggestion has come from the Chairman of the Electoral Commission Professor Errol Miller who wants the new parliament to make that a priority.
There are presently 60 seats in the Jamaica parliament.
Proposals for increasing the number were tabled during the last parliament but were not debated.
Given the close outcome of Monday's poll Professor Miller said it could have very well ended up in a tie between the two main parties.
At one stage during the counting the parties were actually tied at 28 seats each.
Meanwhile, as recounting of ballots in Jamaica nears its conclusion it's emerging that the Jamaica Labour Party might be pulling further ahead of the People's National Party.
The Jamaica press is now reporting the JLP's seat count at 33 to 27 for the PNP.
At the end of the first round of counting after voting on Monday it was 31 to 29 in favour of the JLP.
Since then the ongoing recount has confirmed one additional seat to the JLP taking them to 32 - and now with a possible further seat.
There are sixty seats in the Jamaica parliament and only the JLP and PNP garnered enough votes to obtain seats.
The Director of Elections Danville Walker had told BBC Caribbean earlier this week of what he described as razor thin margins in some constituencies.
In the most recent example a JLP candidate seems to have retained his seat by a slight 34 vote margin.
The Elections Office of Jamaica was also continuing final counts for four other close races.
The recount was expected to be completed by Thursday.
Coming out of Monday's poll 808,240 of the 1.3 million people registered to vote cast their ballots - a turnout of 60.4 per cent.
The Jamaica Labour Party polled 405,215, with the People's National Party receiving 402,275.
The small National Democratic Movement got 540 votes while the other groups could only pull 110 votes among them.
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