Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission

Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato announced today (8 May 2019) that the Governor General Sir Bob Dadae has approved the dates for a by-election for the vacant Goroka Open seat in Eastern Highlands.

The Chimbu Provincial seat judicial recount is expected to be completed by the end of this week. Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato confirmed today that as of last night (Monday, 29 April 2019) counting officials completed exclusion number 54.

The court-ordered judicial recount for the Chimbu Provincial seat is progressing well at the National Sports Institute facilities in Goroka, Eastern Highlands. The recount commenced on 24 February 2019 and is into its 40th day of counting as of today 3 March 2019.

The PNG Electoral Commission needs extensive collaboration between all the 20 provincial administrations and itself to get the 2019 LLG elections successfully conducted.

Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato says there will be no direct election of LLG presidents in all the 20 provinces in the upcoming 2019 LLG elections.

Ballot papers for the 2019 Local-level Government elections have arrived in the country and were delivered today by the supplier to PNG Electoral Commission headquarters in Port Moresby.