This is the only seat yet to find a winner in the 2017 National Election for East Sepik Province.
According to reports from Wewak, elimination started last night.
The progressive top five candidates following completion of primary counts;
East Sepik Provincial - after primary count
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
TALLY |
Allan Bird |
National Alliance |
60,332 |
Kenny Waiyu |
Independent |
36,111 |
Gabriel Dusava |
People’s Progress Party |
27,684 |
Valentine Kambori |
Melanesian Alliance Party |
11,243 |
Dulciana Somare | PANGU | 10,673 |
Total number of exhausted ballot papers are 212,465, with the absolute majority at 107,000.
The absolute majority will decrease as more ballot papers are exhausted during the exclusion of candidates.
Twenty-six candidates are vying for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Sir Michael Somare.