Moresby North East Open seat incumbent MP John Kaupa has gone past the absolute majority of 18, 034 to re- claim his Moresby North East seat after scoring 18, 365 votes in the 74th exclusion.
Andapanga Baliawe came in second after getting 17, 580 votes in the final exclusion.
The final exclusion saw Diana Unagi’s vote distributed between the two top candidates that later resulted in Mr. Kaupa coming home.
Meanwhile, the team at the counting venue are getting things prepared and will await the arrival of Member elect John Kaupa to come in for his official declaration and signing of the writ.