viliami uasike latu requested a recount in vava'u, the constituency he contested, as he missed out on the second seat there by only 51 votes; the recount was conducted from 5 to 9 may at the office of the governor of vava’u. latu lose the recount on 14 may after an increase to the other candidate, samiu kuita vaipulu from 1,896 votes to 1,902 votes while latu received a very narrow decrease of two votes from the original 1,845 votes to 1,843 votes.