Papua New Guinea PNG General elections 2017 Dates Schedule Results Live
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Papua New Guinea PNG General elections 2017 Dates Schedule
Papua New Guinea PNG General elections Dates 2017
General elections Date: 24 June 2017 to 8 July 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 PNG General elections Dates Schedule TimeLine 2017
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20-04-2017
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Issue of Writs, opening of nominations and start of campaign period |
| 27-04-2017 | Nominations close |
| 24-06-2017 | Polling starts |
| 08-07-2017 | Polling and campaign period ends, counting of the ballot paper begins |
| On or before | Return of Writs, counting of the ballot paper ends |
| 24-07-2017 | |
| 07-08-2017 | Return of Writs for Local-Level Government Elections |
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.
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.
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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
Papua New Guinea PNG General elections 2017 Candidates
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.
Papua New Guinea General elections Results
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Party |
Candidates |
Seats won |
% of seats |
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People's National Congress Party |
89 |
27 |
24.32% |
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Triumph Heritage Empowerment Rural Party |
72 |
12 |
10.81% |
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Papua New Guinea Party |
88 |
8 |
7.21% |
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National Alliance Party |
75 |
7 |
6.31% |
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United Resources Party |
48 |
7 |
6.31% |
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People's Party |
49 |
6 |
5.41% |
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People's Progress Party |
40 |
6 |
5.41% |
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Social Democratic Party |
40 |
3 |
2.7% |
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Coalition for Reform Party |
15 |
2 |
2.7% |
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Melanesian Liberal Party |
5 |
2 |
2.7% |
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New Generation Party |
27 |
2 |
2.7% |
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People's Movement for Change Party |
51 |
2 |
2.7% |
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People's United Assembly Party |
29 |
2 |
2.7% |
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People's Democratic Movement |
19 |
2 |
2.7% |
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Indigenous People's Party |
44 |
1 |
0.9% |
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Our Development Party |
22 |
1 |
0.9% |
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Pangu Party |
60 |
1 |
0.9% |
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Papua New Guinea Constitutional Democratic Party |
39 |
1 |
0.9% |
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PNG Country Party |
46 |
1 |
0.9% |
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Stars Alliance Party |
22 |
1 |
0.9% |
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United Party |
20 |
1 |
0.9% |
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Independent |
2197 |
16 |
14.41% |
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Total |
111 |
100% |
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