Former Member and People’s National Congress Party candidate Paru Aihi has maintained lead in the race for the Kairuku Hiri Open seat after count 24.
Aihi remains on top with 6328 votes ahead of incumbent Member Peter Isoaimo who is in second place on 5966.
Count 24 top five results are as follows:
Kairuku-Hiri Open - after count 24
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
TALLY |
|
Paru Aihi |
PNC |
6,328 |
|
Peter Isoaimo |
NA |
5,966 |
|
Steven John Manai |
Pangu Party |
4,859 |
|
Nou Rage |
SPP |
3,536 |
|
Henao Iduhu |
PNGNP |
3,441 |
Counting of boxes from the Koiari LLG commenced today with 32 more boxes to count.
The progressive total informal votes after count 24 is 899 papers and total ballot papers counted so far is 38 539.
Meantime, for the Central Regional seat, after count 24 from Kairuku Hiri Electorate, Independent candidate Robert Agarobe has maintained the lead on 7373 votes.
Count 24 top five results are as follows;
Central Provincial (from Kairuku Hiri) - after count 24
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
TALLY |
|
Robert Agarobe |
Independent |
7,373 |
| Boe Eno Daera |
Independent |
6,103 |
|
Kila Haoda |
PNC |
5,578 |
|
Rufina Peter |
TPNGP |
3,666 |
|
Nelson Saroa |
PPP |
3,158 |
Counting was suspended at 3:30pm and resumes as of 5pm.
More updates to come...