The count of the primary votes concluded over the weekend and this week, eliminations began and are continuing.
At around midnight last night after exclusion 16, Mr David Arore was leading with 7,602 votes.
United Resource Party candidate and early leader, John Warisan continues to trail in second spot with 5,034 votes.
Incidentally, Mr. Warisan was the complainant in the election bribery case that ousted Mr Arore.