1982 Papua New Guinean general election

1982 Papua New Guinean general election
Papua New Guinea
← 1977 5–26 June 1982 1987 →

All 109 seats in the National Parliament
55 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
Pangu Pati Michael Somare 51 +21
PPP Julius Chan 14 −2
National Party Iambakey Okuk 13 +11
United Party Roy Evera 9 −14
MAP John Momis 8 New
Diro Ted Diro 7 New
Papua Besena Galeva Kwarara 3 −2
Independents 4 −23
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 5 and 26 June 1982.[1] The result was a victory for the Pangu Party, which won 51 of the 109 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 52%.

  1. ^ a b King, Peter. 1989. “Parties and Outcomes in the 1982 Elections.” In Pangu Returns to Power: The 1982 Elections in Papua New Guinea, edited by Peter King, 1–26. (Canberra: Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University), pp16–17