National Alliance Party candidate Walter Schnaubelt has maintained the lead after count 10 of the Namatanai Open seat.
Schnaubelt collected 1,976 more votes after the counting of the ballot boxes from the Namatanai LLGs.
After count 7, Schnaubelt was leading with 4659 votes and has now extended his lead by 1,976 votes after count 8, 9 and 10.
Schnaubelt’s progressive total after count 10 is 6635 votes and in second place is incumbent Open Member for Namatanai James Byron Chan on 5189 votes.
Coming in at 3rd place is Leonard Tonggo from Pangu Party on 35 votes, 4th place is Independent candidate Kiapgugu Ignatius Matius on 23 votes followed by Pastor Chan Philip on 17 votes.