​26 seats declared so far

26 seats out of the total 111 seats in Parliament have been declared so far in the 2017 National Election, with a few days to go before the Return of Writs on July 24.

Among the 26 declared seats are hot seats Ialibu-Pangia Open, Bulolo Open and Kavieng Open.

Prime Minister and Member-elect for Ialibu-Pangia, Peter O’Neill, was declared on July 15 while PANGU Party leader Sam Basil was declared as the Member-elect for Bulolo Open the next day. 

The political party with the highest number of members declared so far is People’s National Congress (PNC) Party with 10 followed by PANGU Party (5) and National Alliance (4).

Parties with only 1 member declared are Melanesian Liberal Party, United Resource Party, Christian Democratic Party, People’s Progress Party and Coalition for Reform.

Independent candidates declared are Member elect for Koroba Kopiago, Petrus Thomas and Member elect for Komo-Margarima, Manasseh Makiba.

Tari-Pori Member elect James Marape of PNC was the first to be declared on July 9.

Latest declarations include NA candidates Ian Ling-Stuckey for Kavieng Open and Joe Sungi for Nuku Open, Member-elect for Kompiam-Ambum Open and PNC candidate John Pundari, and People’s Progress Party candidate Emil Tammur for Kokopo Open.

 

POLITICAL PARTY

MEMBER DECLARED

SEATS DECLARED

People’s National Congress

1. Peter O’Neill

2. James Marape

3. Justin Tkatchenko

4. Job Pomat

5. Charlie Benjamin

6. Davis Steven

7. Elias Kapavore

8. Charles Abel

9. John Pundari

10. Solan Mirisim

Ialibu-Pangia

Tari Pori

Moresby South

Manus Open

Manus Regional

Esa’ala

Pomio

Alotau

Kompiam-Ambum Open

Telefomin

PANGU

1. Sam Basil

2. Koni Iguan

3. Thomas Pelika

4. Renbo Paita

5. Kobby Bomareo

Bulolo

Markham

Menyamya

Finschhafen

Tewai-Siassi

National Alliance

1. Walter Schnaubelt

2. Timothy Masiu

3. Ian Ling-Stuckey

4. Joe Sungi

Namatanai

South Bougainville

Kavieng

Nuku

Independent

1. Petrus Thomas

2. Manasseh Makiba

Koroba-Lake Kopiago

Komo Margarima

Melanesian Liberal Party

1.Allan Marat

Rabaul

United Resource Party 

1. Jelta Wong

Gazelle

Christian Democratic Party          

1. Patrick Basa

Kabwum

Coalition for Reform

1. Joseph Lelang

Kandrian-Gloucester

People’s Progress Party

1. Emil Tammur

Kokopo

 

Counting continues throughout the country, where more MPs are expected to be declared in the coming days.

 

Author: 
Quintina Naime