Byron Chan has taken lead in the New Ireland by-election counting in the first five Local Level Governments.
The LLGs include Nimamar, Tanir, Sentral Niu Ailan, Namatanai and Tikana (Kavieng District).
The progressive results for the primary counts are as follows.
Box 17: Byron Chan – 11 738
Box 19: Kepas Aruban Wally – 9 908
Box 10: Joshua Takin Soi – 5494
Box 18: Hosea Kalis – 1238
Box 14: Chris Gai – 840
Box 13: Moses Taram – 727
Box 12: Stanley Wapot – 400
Box 15: Nelson Hungrabos – 242
Box 11: Rhodie Paut – 137
Box 16: Joseph Willie – 81
Total Allowable Ballot Papers- 30 805
Informal Ballot Papers – 866
Total Ballot Papers – 31 671
Figures are subjected to change after all quality checks are complete for Tikana and Sentral Niu Ailan.
Distribution of boxes per LLG’s are as follows.
Nimamar – Namatanai District – 15- boxes
Tanir – Namatanai District- 14 – boxes
Sentral Niu Ailan – Namatanai District – 22 boxes
Namatanai LLG – Namatanai District – 14 boxes
Tikana LLG – Kavieng District – 18 boxes
Meanwhile, Primary Count for the following districts;
Konoagil LLG- Namatanai District – (17 boxes)
Matalai LLG- Namatanai District – 11 boxes and
Murat LLG Kavieng District – 6 boxes commenced as of 1:30 pm today. (Wednesday February 4th).
More update will be given after the quality check results are aggregated.
