Eastern Highlands counting finished…

Over the past 24 hours the winners of Eastern Highlands Province Open and Regional seats have been declared. For the latest results check out the PNG Electoral Commission website. It's not totally up to date but will certainly provide a good insight into how things are moving along. What they call the “writs” will need to be returned tomorrow.

The final results for the Goroka Open seat are as follows:

DECLARED RESULTS at 29 Jul 2007 1:24 pm

Ballot
Order
NameParty
Sitting
Member
First
Prefs
PercentFinal
Count
Percent
14
THOMPSON HAROKAQVEHPANGU Party
5101
9.34%
13770
56.98%
37
BIRE KIMISOPAUnited Party
SM
6430
11.78%
10398
43.02%
23
MATHIAS IJAPEIndependent
4173
7.64%
Excl 38
43
MOSES MOSE VENAPOPNG Party
2604
4.77%
Excl 37
30
PALE LULUWAHE SIWOSAWOIndependent
2435
4.46%
Excl 36
16
ELIJAH AWE GOMAENational Alliance
3198
5.86%
Excl 35
33
HENRY IYAPO SMITHIndependent
2480
4.54%
Excl 34
25
MOSES SAGERE OHIZAVEIndependent
2423
4.44%
Excl 33

Here's a photo I took a few weeks ago of Thompson Harokaqveh's (winner of Goroka Open) campaign house:

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