Returning Officer Francis Yawalan says: “We will do quality checks today and if no candidates reach absolute majority, we will go into elimination to find the candidate with absolute majority.”
Yawalan told Loop PNG that as of 6pm on Friday, the final of the 16 boxes was opened and counted at Nuku Station counting centre.
The incumbent sitting Nuku MP and National Alliance candidate has a buffer of 3,418 votes over former MP and People’s National Congress Party candidate.
