Pangu Pati Leader and Prime Minister, James Marape, has retained his seat as member for Tari Pori in Hela province after he was declared this afternoon by Tari Pori Returning Officer at 4:00pm.
After quality checks were done, Marape polled over 40,900 with the absolute majority set at 30,600 plus votes.
Counting for the Tari Pori electorate now official wraps up today following the declaration of the member elect, James Marape.
Mr. Marape also thanked the polling officials and the election team on ground for a good job in ensuring everything went smoothly during counting.
With these results, Marape is the first to be declared as member elect in the 2022 National General Elections.