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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 30 June 2007 to 14 July 2007.[1]
For the first time, the election did not use first past the post (which has in the past resulted in a very volatile political system, with the election of a candidate being largely a matter of chance due to the large number of candidates), but rather Limited Preferential Voting, in which voters number their three most preferred candidates.[2] PNG Police reported three deaths caused by election-related violence during the election period, a large decrease in the 100 deaths which occurred during the 2002 elections. 11,000 police officers and soldiers were deployed throughout the country to police the elections and keep the peace.[3]
Originally scheduled to end on 10 July, it was decided that the elections would be extended by five days due to delays in transporting ballot boxes caused by bad weather.[4]
- ^ Voting in PNG elections draws to close, ABC Radio Australia, 14 July 2007.
- ^ Limited Preferential Voting
- ^ Voting ends in Papua New Guinea election Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Gulf Times, 15 July 2007.
- ^ Cooney, Campbell: PNG polling extended, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 9 July 2007.