THE Ownership, Unity and Responsibility (OUR) Party candidate for Ulawa-Ugi Constituency William Bradford Marau has been re-elected for a third term in Parliament.
Mr Marau was amongst the nine candidates who contested for the Ulawa-Ugi Constituency Seat and polled a total of 1.162 votes.
He was first elected into Parliament in the 2014 National General Election.
Marau’s runner-up in this year’s NGE of the Joint Elections is Maesiola Stephen who polled a total of 939 votes.
The other candidates and the number of votes they polled are as follows:
• Titiulu George – 687 votes
• Takeli George – 429 votes
• Maemae Davis – 266 votes
• Rata Morrison – 93 votes
• Oli Raphael – 87 votes
• Sitana Malcolm F.M – 32 votes
• Matou Philip Rincon – 25 votes
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and Commissioner Jasper Anisi when announcing the result of the election for the Ulawa-Ugi Constituency Seat said a total of 3, 726 votes were casted but six them of were rejected.
The total number of registered voters in the Ulawa-Ugi Constituency stands at 4,564.
By IAN LADDS OSO
Solomon Star, Honiara
