NIPS BY-ELECTION 12: 30 PM UPDATE
The 7th exclusion saw 3rd runner up candidate # 10, Joshua Takin Soi collect a massive 1 617 votes from Chris Gai’s elimination. A distribution of his 2 752 votes.
Byron Chan got 417 votes from Chris Gai and Kepas Wali got 373 votes bringing the top 3 in the race with these figures.
Box # 17 Byron Chan, 20 581
Box # 19 Kepas Wali, 14 411
Box #10 Joshua Takin Soi, 10 963
Formal Ballot Papers (Primary Count) – 46 687
Ballot Papers Remaining after Elimination 6 – 46 300
Total Votes Distributed – 2 407
Exhausted Ballot Papers – 345
Ballot Papers Remaining in Count – 45 955
Absolute Majority – (50% + 1) of Ballot Papers Remaining in Count = 22 978
Elimination 8th will now see 10 963 votes from 3rd runner up candidate #10, Joshua Takin Soi distributed amongst the top 2 candidates.