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 The progressive election results for the Western Highlands Provincial and open seats are given below. Only the top five candidates are stated.  Updated :5/8 /2022 WESTERN HIGHLANDS REGIONAL The top five candidates WAI RAPA URP 57,017PAIAS WINGTI PDM 56,262JOHN NONGGORR IND 44,910Tom Olga IND 32,243PIM MAMINDI IND 28,715 ——————————- HAGEN OPEN Top five candidates ( Declared ) WILLIAM DUMA URP Winner 48,528 (declared on absolute majority)  JAMES PUK IND Active 13,946JAMES YOKA EKIP IND Active 9,120LUKE LUKCEE MATHEW IND Active 7,889SIMON SANAGKE PNGNP Active 4,095 ————————————– TAMBUL-NEBILYER OPEN Top five candidates WIN BAKRI DAKI PANGU 26,744 PAUL MAWA PPP 20,825 JAMES KENNEDY STEVEN IND 12,310 GABRIEL ANDANDI IND 9,552 GEOFF LUNA IND 7,169 ——————...

 A Special Mining Lease (SML) principal landowner of the giant Pogera gold mine in Papua New Guinea is now the pioneer MP elect for the newly created Paiela-Pogera Open Electorate in Enga Province. *Photo shows Paiela-Pogera Open MP elect Hon.Maso Karipe (centre with signed Writ) after his declaration by Provincial Returning Officer Mr.Anton Iamau (left) and District Returning Officer (DRO) Mr.Daniel Arembo (right) inside the  Wabag Primary School Counting Centre this evening. [FM100 Photo] Independent candidate Hon.Maso Karipe polled a total of 15,272 votes after the the 25th elimination of Vincent Pyati to surpass the absolute majority of 14,086 this evening at the Wabag Primary School Counting Venue in the heart of Wabag Town. Another independent candidate and SML landowner Dickson Puri Pundi finished second with 12,974 votes while Vincent Pyati came  third with 10,309 votes. Hon.Karipe’s first mission is to bring back normalcy in the trouble torn golden valley before pushing f...