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 PANGU Party has secured another seat in this election bringing its total to three so far.  Manasseh Makiba was officially declared at 11:55am as the elected Member of Parliament for Magarima Open.  The M-P declared now puts his foot into history, as the first representative for the recently established Magarima District.  This followed completion of secondary vote count on Sunday.  Mr. Manasseh polled to victory after the 17th exclusion, with a vote tally of 20, 753.  While runner up for the open seat of Magarima Paul Agiru finished with 15, 482 votes.  Prime Minister James Marape was declared a week ago and his deputy John Rosso was declared in Lae last night.  Pic: Makiba (front left) in green Pangu Party cap watches on. Next :  Election Results for Southern Highlands Province 2022

Sitting Rigo Open MP and United Labour Party Leader, Captain Lekwa Gure was  eliminated from the Rigo Open Seat race in the 38th elimination at Bomana. Captain Gure  Mr. Gure managed to poll 4, 257 votes. Former MP and PANGU Party candidate, Ano Pala has won the  Rigo Open seat with over 7, 390 votes. The round up was National Alliance Party candidate Turai Elemi, who initially led the race since count 5. Next :  Peter O’Neill Offers Genuine Prime Minister Contenders

 Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) is hosting a two-day election seminar to present the findings of its observations during the 2022 National General Elections. The event is guided by the theme “Promoting Transparency for Election Integrity” and this theme will steer discussions over the two days. Day one of the election seminar will feature TIPNG’s presentation of the key findings from its 2022 election observation report and day two will facilitate dialogue among stakeholder representatives with the objective of improving the integrity of Papua New Guinea’s election. TIPNG has presented its 2022 Election Observation Report to the Government represented by the Chairman for the Special Parliamentary Committee on Elections, Honorable Allan Bird, and the Electoral Commissioner, Simon Sinai. The findings from the report clearly indicate that the 2022 National General Election has continued the trend of deterioration in the quality of the conduct and management of elections in PNG. Ke