Three final candidates are left standing after the 6th exclusion of the Nuku Open seat in the 2017 National Election.
Nuku Returning Officer Francis Yawalan informed Loop PNG that the final elimination process will start at 9am today to find which candidate will reach the absolute majority figure of 15,351.
Candidates eliminated as of 6:30pm yesterday were; Kelly Waranguai (Independent), Nelson Kelly (PNG Party) and Adam Mensum Wangu (PANGU), Alfred Talis (Paradise Kingdom Party), Mauri Nemantu (Independent) and Matthew Suni (PNG National Party).
The three remaining candidates are;
| CANDIDATE | PARTY | TALLY |
| Joe Sungi (Incumbent MP) | National Alliance | 11,112 |
| Andrew Kumbakor | People’s National Congress | 7,851 |
| Emmanuel Waimou Nasam | Melanesian Alliance Party | 7,285 |
| Matthew Suni | Excluded | |
| Mauri Nemantu | Excluded | |
| Alfred Talis | Excluded | |
| Adam Mensum Wangu | Excluded | |
| Nelson Kelly | Excluded | |
| Kelly Waranguai | Excluded |
Nine candidates contested the Open Seat in Sandaun Province.
Check out Loop PNG’s Counting Tally: http://bit.ly/NationalElections2017