Tuesday’s joint general and special election in Pearl River County ended late that night with more than 50 percent of registered voters participating.

A total of 19,015 ballots were cast (56.28 percent), in addition to 2,446 absentee and 1,056 affidavit ballots, according to the Pearl River County Circuit Clerk’s office.

“We were glad to see that high of a turnout,” Pearl River County Circuit Clerk Nance Stokes said.

In the 2012 general election, there was 49.65 percent voter participation. In comparison, other non-presidential elections recorded 30 percent or less voter participation, according to previous unofficial election results.

The 2016 general and special election unofficial results are still being processed to include the absentee and affidavit ballots and are expected to be complete tomorrow, Stokes said.

“It’s a slow process,” she said.

Two candidates in the Mississippi House of Representatives District 106 will move on to a runoff scheduled for Nov. 29.

According to the Associated Press, John Glen Corley led the race with 28 percent in the district (2,304 votes) and Greg Holcomb received the second highest with 25 percent (2,077 votes).

Larry Davis drew in 19 percent of the vote, followed by Ben Winston with 16 percent and Daniel Wise with 12 percent.

The AP also reported Rep. Steven Palazzo received the majority votes in the race for U.S. House of Representatives District Four.

This will be Palazzo’s fourth term in office. He received 78.6 percent of the vote in Pearl River County, followed by Mark Gladney with 15.21 percent.

Judge Dawn Beam was reelected to the second seat in District 2 of the Mississippi Supreme Court with 67 percent of the vote, according to the AP. Michael Shareef received 33 percent of the vote.

David Ishee ran unopposed for the District Five Court of Appeals seat.

Candidates for the Pearl River County Election Commissioner Districts one through four ran unopposed. The winners of those seats are Virgie Hart Bolton, Margaret J. Woodson, Tommy Breland and Reggie W. Hanberry, respectively.

The race for the District Five county Election Commissioner seat was close. Incumbent Michelle Vogt received 49.35 percent of the vote (1,887 votes) loosing her seat to Johnny Stafford, who received 50.47 percent (1,930 votes). There were also seven write-ins.

Jacob “Jake” Smith was elected to the Picayune School Board with 1,905 votes.

Unofficial election results for Pearl River County can be viewed in full at pearlrivercounty.net/circuit.