NIPS BY-ELECTION UPDATES
New Totals for the Top 5 Candidates after the 4th Elimination.
Box # 17; Byron Chan – New Total; 19 606
(Primary Count was 19 280)
Box # 19; Kepas Wali – New Total; 12 926
(Primary Count was 12 551)
Box # 10; Joshua Takin Soi – New Total; 8 682
(Primary Count was 8 464)
Box # 14; Chris Gai – New Total; 2 437
(Primary Count was 2 349)
Box # 18; Hosea Kalis – New Total 1 814
(Primary Count 1 638)
Byron Chan got a raise of 326 votes –
47 from Joseph Willie, 1st exclusion
31 from Rhodie Paut, 2nd exclusion
78 from Nelson Hungrabos, 3rd exclusion
170 from Stanley Wapot, 4th exclusion
Kepas Aruban Wali 370 votes
23 from Joseph Willie exclusion 1
67 from Rhodie Paut – exclusion 2
80 from Nelson Hungrabos – exclusion 3
200 from Stanley Wapot – exclusion 4
Joshua Takin Soi jumped by 218 votes
19 from Joseph Willie exclusion 1
27 from Rhodie Paut – exclusion 2
23 from Nelson Hungrabos – exclusion 3
149 from Stanley Wapot – exclusion 4
Chris Gai went up by 88 votes.
8 from Joseph Willie exclusion 1
22 from Rhodie Paut – exclusion 2
12 from Nelson Hungrabos – exclusion 3
46 from Stanley Wapot – exclusion 4
Hosea Kalis got 176 votes.
11 from Joseph Willie exclusion 1
13 from Rhodie Paut – exclusion 2
27 from Nelson Hungrabos – exclusion 3
125 from Stanley Wapot – exclusion 4
Absolute Majority – 23 299
Total Formal Ballot Papers: 46 687
Exhausted Ballot Papers: 90
Total Ballot Papers Remaining in Count: 46 597
Counting is suspended for lunch and will resume at 4:30pm – elimination 5 will see the distribution of 1 132 votes from Box # 13 Moses Taram.