Pangu leads with 36 MPs, another Independent wins
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PORT MORESBY: With 94 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
36 seats.
It is the party with the
most seats in GE22 and Pangu leader and Prime Minister James Marape was invited
by Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae to form the Government for the 11th
Parliament today (Aug 9, 2022).
And another Independent
won in the last 48 hours, bringing the total number of Independents to eight
for GE22.
Twenty-four seats have
yet to be declared after the July 29, 2022 deadline for the return of GE22
writs.
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).
PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below the GE22 confirmed results as
published by The National:
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