For example, no-one will believe it if you win an election with 100% of the votes, even if you’re in North Korea and your name is Kim Jong-il.

But in Papua New Guinea, the election of Transport Minister, Don Polye, to his seat in the national parliament, with 100% of the votes, was successfully challenged by his opponent.   In PNG, where elections are often rigged and fixed, it’s common for the losing candidate to challenge the elected member through the courts. Alfred Manase took his opponent Polye to court on 35 ground of impropriety.

Judge Greg Lay on Friday ruled Polye was not duly elected due to errors and omissions by electoral officers and supporters during polling. One issue with the election win was that Polye received 100 per cent of the vote, he said.

"Applying common sense, logic and in my almost 65 years of life experience, I have concluded that this just does not happen,"

Judge Lay said.

100%. C’mon, thats just greedy and stupid.  Had Mr Polye gone for a more modest win, like 75% of the vote, and rigged his way to that, at least it would have been within the realms of credibility, much more difficult to challenge.  He should have remembered that you only need 50% + 1 of the votes to win an election.

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