Pangu leads with 35 MPs, Marape to be invited to form Government tomorrow

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Pangu leads with 35 MPs, Marape to be invited to form Government tomorrow

PORT MORESBY: With 92 of the 118 seats declared (including those declared after 4pm Aug 5, 2022 - the deadline for the return of General Election 2022 (GE22) writs), Pangu Pati is in a commanding lead with 35 seats.

It is the party with the most seats in GE22 and Pangu leader and Prime Minister James Marape is likely to be invited to form the new Government tomorrow (Aug 9, 2022).

The 118-seat 11th Parliament’s maiden meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Aug 9, 2022) and Marape is expected to be elected as Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s chief executive for the next five years.

However, PNG Solicitor-General Tauvasa Tanuvasa said only 85 MPs, whose GE22 writs were returned by 4pm on Friday (Aug 5, 2022), would be allowed to attend the meeting in Parliament.

The status of those, whose writs were returned after the deadline, are thus in limbo as the ballot counts in 33 seats continue, as ordered by Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai who on Friday (Aug 5, 2022) claimed that he was invoking his powers to extend the deadline for the return of writs for a third time.

Trailing Pangu with 14 seats is People’s National Congress (PNC) which is led by former premier Peter O’Neill, followed by United Resources Party (URP) with 10 and National Alliance (NA) with five (see The National’s listing of GE22 WINNERS below for details).

A woman and two Independents have also won since Friday (Aug 5, 2022).

PNC’s Rufina Peter is the first woman to win a seat in GE22 . She toppled incumbent Governor Robert Agarobe in Central but her return of writ was made after the deadline.

The two Independents who won are Maso Karipe in the new Porgera-Paiela seat in Enga, and Benjamin Ngents Mul in Jiwaka’s North Waghi.

PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below the GE22 confirmed results as published by The National:


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