COUNTING: Finschhafen Open progressive results – after exclusion 35

Parliament Speaker Theo Zurenuoc is trailing Pangu candidate Rainbo Paita by 801 votes in the Finschhafen Open seat after the 35th exclusion yesterday evening.

Zurenuoc, who is the current MP, has his back against the wall as Paita collected more votes compared to him in the elimination counts yesterday.

There was a 51-vote difference between both candidates, before start of elimination 29 on Monday.

 

Finschhafen Open- after the 35th exclusion

CANDIDATE

PARTY

TALLY

Rainbo Paita 

PANGU

7,844

Theo Zurenuoc 

PNC 

 7,043

Weti Zozingau

People's Progress Party

2,621

Wamung Waliom 

Independent 

2,277

Brian Baring

Independent

2,285 

 
 
 

 

Returning Officer, Essing Ulam said, the counting will go through five more exclusion before a winner is declared for the Open seat in Morobe Province. 

The Open seat was contested by 42 candidates. 

Check out Loop PNG’s Counting Tallyhttp://bit.ly/NationalElections2017

Author: 
Charles Yapumi