Papua New Guinea PNG election results 2017 Live By Party Candidates
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Papua New Guinea PNG election results 2017 Live By Party Candidates
Papua New Guinea General elections Dates 2017
General elections Date: 24 June 2017
General elections will be held in Papua New Guinea from 24 June to 8 July 2017.
The writs for the election will be issued on 20 April, while the close of nominations will be on 27 April.
Michael Somare, the first Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, is retiring at the election. Somare has served continuously since he was first elected to the pre-independence House of Assembly in 1968, an unbroken term of 49 years.
Papua New Guinea General elections Results Live 2017
Results will be declared by 8th July 2017. Meanwhile there has been lot of chaos and confusion at PNG.
Lot of electors did not have their names listed in the electoral Roll.
Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O’Neill appealed for calm across the country and said the election would go ahead and any issues were only “administrative”, and not indicative of vote tampering or corruption.
“Papua New Guinea is a great nation, a nation that is changing and evolving, and where our democracy is one of the most stable in the world.” he said.
For Official results Visit Site http://results.pngec.gov.pg/#results
Since the counting is still underway. Click on individual constituency map to see detailed results.
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0% votes Counted |
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Status |
Seats |
| Counting First Pref | 9 |
| Not Started | 102 |
Electoral system of Papua New Guinea
The National parliament is elected from 111 single-member electorates. 89 of them are open electorates distributed around the country. Additionally, each of the 22 provinces elects 1 regional member, which also takes the title of provincial governor. The candidates are elected using Limited preferential voting, where the voter ranks 3 candidates in the order of preference
Candidates for General elections 2017
The Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission reports in preliminary figures that 3332 candidates have nominated to contest the election, 165 candidates of which are women.
| Province | Region | Male Candidates | Female Candidates | Total |
| Chimbu | Highlands Region | 309 | 11 | 320 |
| Eastern Highlands | Highlands Region | 384 | 12 | 396 |
| Enga | Highlands Region | 154 | 8 | 162 |
| Hela | Highlands Region | 89 | 3 | 92 |
| Jiwaka | Highlands Region | 133 | 5 | 138 |
| Southern Highlands | Highlands Region | 116 | 1 | 117 |
| Western Highlands | Highlands Region | 95 | 3 | 98 |
| A/R Bougainville | NGI Region | 68 | 5 | 73 |
| East New Britain | NGI Region | 79 | 2 | 81 |
| Manus | NGI Region | 52 | 8 | 60 |
| New Ireland | NGI Region | 42 | 4 | 46 |
| West New Britain | NGI Region | 68 | 0 | 68 |
| East Sepik | Momase Region | 163 | 11 | 174 |
| Madang | Momase Region | 253 | 14 | 267 |
| Morobe | Momase Region | 314 | 13 | 327 |
| West Sepik | Momase Region | 92 | 5 | 97 |
| Central | Papua Region | 133 | 14 | 147 |
| Gulf | Papua Region | 133 | 12 | 145 |
| Milne Bay | Papua Region | 96 | 5 | 101 |
| National Capital District | Papua Region | 128 | 13 | 141 |
| Northern | Papua Region | 95 | 8 | 103 |
| Western | Papua Region | 171 | 8 | 179 |
| Total | 3167 | 165 | 3332 |
Papua New Guinea Parties and leaders
Christian Democratic Party, Coalition for Reform Party, Country Party,Greens.,Indigenous,People's Party,Melanesian Alliance Party,Melanesian Liberal Party,National Alliance Party.
PNG preliminary Election Results 2017
WHP|Regional | Count: 45
1. Paias Wingti (PDM) – 44 445
2. Wai Rapa (URP) – 33 197
3. Professor John Nongorr (IND) – 26 687
4. Tom Olga (IND) – 12 856
5. Danny Gonol (CDP) – 7739
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WHP| Hagen Open | Count: 68
1. William Duma (URP) – 28,926
2. James Puk (IND) – 7415
3. Luke Lukcee Mathew (IND) – 4501
4. David Yak Kum (IND) – 4103
5. Joseph Ken (IND) – 3009
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WHP| Dei Open| Count 64
1. Tui Ekil (IND) – 5886
2. Wesley Nukundi Nukunj (PNC) – 4999
3. Steven Pim (IND) – 4553
4. Sol Solo Mel (IND) – 4346
5. James Memba Weiya (NA) – 3485
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WHP| Mul-Baiyer | Count: 101
1. Koi Trappe(PNC) – 21,458
2. Sani Rambi(NA) – 12,207
3. David Morris(IND) – 10,131
4. Michael Ekri Kwann(IND) – 4770
5. Mara Wek (THE) – 4057
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WHP|Tambul-Nebilyer |Count: 83
1. Paul Mawa(IND)_15,613
2. Benjamin Poponawa(PNC)_15,265
3. Win Bakri Daki(IND)_12,659
4. James Kennedy Steven(IND)_12,551
5. Gabriel Andandi(IND)_6613
Papua New Guinea General elections Results
|
Party |
Candidates |
Seats won |
% of seats |
|
People's National Congress Party |
89 |
27 |
24.32% |
|
Triumph Heritage Empowerment Rural Party |
72 |
12 |
10.81% |
|
Papua New Guinea Party |
88 |
8 |
7.21% |
|
National Alliance Party |
75 |
7 |
6.31% |
|
United Resources Party |
48 |
7 |
6.31% |
|
People's Party |
49 |
6 |
5.41% |
|
People's Progress Party |
40 |
6 |
5.41% |
|
Social Democratic Party |
40 |
3 |
2.7% |
|
Coalition for Reform Party |
15 |
2 |
2.7% |
|
Melanesian Liberal Party |
5 |
2 |
2.7% |
|
New Generation Party |
27 |
2 |
2.7% |
|
People's Movement for Change Party |
51 |
2 |
2.7% |
|
People's United Assembly Party |
29 |
2 |
2.7% |
|
People's Democratic Movement |
19 |
2 |
2.7% |
|
Indigenous People's Party |
44 |
1 |
0.9% |
|
Our Development Party |
22 |
1 |
0.9% |
|
Pangu Party |
60 |
1 |
0.9% |
|
Papua New Guinea Constitutional Democratic Party |
39 |
1 |
0.9% |
|
PNG Country Party |
46 |
1 |
0.9% |
|
Stars Alliance Party |
22 |
1 |
0.9% |
|
United Party |
20 |
1 |
0.9% |
|
Independent |
2197 |
16 |
14.41% |
|
Total |
111 |
100% |
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