Counting in Manus has progressed to count 18 which has seen some changes in the progressive tally.
In the Manus open seat, Professor Peter Petsul has jumped into third place, replacing incumbent Manus MP Ronny Knight who was on that spot at the end of court 16 this morning.
Another major change since count 16 for the Manus regional seat is PNG Constitutional Democratic Party candidate, Martin Kele-eh Warek who moved into the top five and is sitting on the fifth place.
Manus regional seat- after count 18
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
TALLY |
|
Charlie Benjamin |
People’s National Congress |
4, 492 |
|
George Sikin |
People’s Movement for Change Party |
2, 548 |
|
Leslie Roai |
National Alliance |
2, 346 |
|
Michael Sapau |
Triumph Heritage Empowerment |
1, 818 |
|
Martin Warek |
PNG Constitutional Democratic Party |
1, 467 |
Manus Open - after count 18
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
TALLY |
|
Job Pomat |
People’s National Congress |
3, 427 |
|
Wep P. Kanawi |
Social Democratic Party |
1, 935 |
|
Prof Peter Petsul |
PANGU |
1,897 |
|
Ronnie Knight |
PNG National Party |
1,372 |
|
Rodney Pokapin |
Independent |
1,348 |
Count 18 is still ballot boxes from the Pomutu-Kurti-Andra LLG.
There are three more ballot boxes remaining for counting.