By Stanley Ebele
The NRM Electoral Commission has suspended the tallying of votes for the Karenga NRM Parliamentary Primaries on Thursday due to disagreements between candidates and Commissioners over the discrepancies in the declaration forms.
Tallying had started with Napore West Constituency before questions arose about the validity of the declaration forms from four polling stations.
After a prolonged disagreement over the results from the four polling stations, Dr. Tanga Odoi reportedly suggested that tallying be extended to Dodoth West Constituency where three candidates were vying for the party flag.
However, this did not go well with the candidates who objected Dr. Odoi’s decision leading to a stallment in the tallying process.
While the Commission stated that the voters’ registers had not been marked to show the number of voters who participated in the elections per polling station, the candidates insisted that it was a general problem throughout the country and not substantial enough to decide the final tally.
Dr. Tanga Odoi then suspended the tallying until 9:00 am Friday, when the Commission will rule on the issues.
Provisional tally results for Napore West show that Phillips Ilukol is leading with 2,519 votes against Fidelis Loluk’s 2279 votes, excluding the four contested polling stations.
The Karenga results for the party’s Parliamentary flag bearers have remained unannounced since July 17, leaving many voters disenfranchised.
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