Declaration for the NCD Regional seat could be made tomorrow if counting and elimination progress well today.
Assistant election manager NCD, Bale Kavanamur, revealed this to Loop PNG today.
Counting will soon resume for the seat at the Rita Flynn Indoor Complex.
After exclusion 13, 25 candidates remain in the race.
The top five are as follows:
1. Powes Parkop (SDP) - 39,512
2. Andy Bawa (IND) - 19,494
3. Michael Kandiu (IND) - 16,332
4. Robert Agen (IND) - 8,209
5. Paul Paraka (GRUF) - 6,272