One eye witness who was at the NEC tally center at Wellington said: “I was in the NEC tally center at Wellington. All the RR forms entered where without any problem. The table displayed on the wall before us showed that APC was winning the election with 43% and SLPP with 40%. The decision to announce the results is the responsibility of the NEC. But NEC by their press statement is looking at the number of voters which is about 2,000 in a midst of 38% turnout.

However, there are mixed reactions to the NEC decision to cancel all the results of the bye-election at constituency 110.