Madang Province has a new governor-elect in People’s First Party candidate, Ramsey Pariwa, who had surpassed the absolute majority of 107, 934 after piling on 109, 888 votes at the 34th exclusion to oust the incumbent governor Peter Yama.
Second runner up was Jerry Singirok from Pangu Party who scored a total of 65,128 votes while trailing on third place was Allegiance party candidate Benny Panti who scored a total of 41,764 votes.
Incumbent Governor for Madang, Peter Yama was eliminated in exclusion 34 and his elimination determined the winner, in the leading candidate who had bypassed the absolute majority.
Preparation is underway for the official declaration for Mr. Pariwa as the new governor after he signs the writs.
Photo Courtesy: Kenneth Rapa