Elimination 23 is completed for the Madang Regional counting. So far counting has been progressing well. After 24th exclusion where independent candidate Alphonse Dirau was eliminated People's First Party candidate Ramsey Pariwa is still leading.
This news room was informed of the top five candidates as of 7.30am this morning. They are as follows.
- Ramsey Pariwa 70, 872
- Jerry Singirok 41, 331
- Peter Yama 27, 823
- Benny Panti 23, 257
- Steven Asivo 22,875
Elimination of the 25th candidate is currently underway.