NEC: CPP Wins 9,300 Councilors, Candlelight Comes Second With 2,100

The ruling CPP will have the lion’s share of commune councilors, according to results announced by the NEC on Friday, though the election body said it will finalize the count on Sunday.  The NEC discussed the results at a meeting Friday morning and released a statement showing the CPP winning 9,376 council seats, followed by Candlelight with 2,198 councilors and seven other parties lagging far behind. 

The council positions reflect the dominant performance by the CPP which is slated to win all but four commune chief positions in an election where it got more than 70 percent of votes on June 5.  The NEC statement also said the final turnout was 80.3%, with 7.2 million valid ballots and 157,000 spoiled ballots.

NEC spokesperson Sam Sorida said the NEC decided to announce the formal results ahead of Sunday but that final counts for votes and seats, with more detailed results, expected on Sunday.

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