Sonya Talagi with her partner Poi Kapaga, was yesterday declared duly elected after official recount resulted in a change in number of votes (PC - Bill Vakaafi Motofoou)
Sonya Talagi has been declared duly elected as the 6th Common Roll member to the 18th Legislative Assembly, after the final recount was completed and released last night by Chief Electoral Officer Darren Tohovaka and his Deputy Richard Siataga.
Sonya Talagi is the daughter of the late former Premier Sir Toke Talagi and Lady Fifita Talagi. Sonya took leave from her public service role as Director of Transport to enter the general elections.
On Saturday night with the provisional results, the sixth seat on the Common Roll was tied between Birtha Lisimoni-Togahai and Sonya Talagi both with 364 votes.
After the recount yesterday those results changed, Sonya Talagi is the successful candidate as the sixth member of the common roll with 362 votes and Birtha Lisimoni-Togahai just lost out, ranked 7th with 360 votes…
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