2017 Papua New Guinean general election

2017 Papua New Guinean general election
Papua New Guinea
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All 111 seats in the National Parliament
56 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PNC Peter O'Neill 13.16 28 +1
NAP Patrick Pruaitch 6.13 15 +8
THE Party Don Polye 4.10 4 −8
Pangu Pati Sam Basil 4.08 9 +8
URP William Duma 3.93 10 +3
PPP Ben Micah 3.46 5 −1
PNG Party Belden Namah 2.74 5 −3
National Party Kerenga Kua 2.36 3 +3
People's Party Peter Ipatas 1.75 2 −4
SDP Powes Parkop 1.64 2 −1
PLP Benedict Simanjuang 1.62 2 +2
United Party Rimbink Pato 1.41 1 0
One Nation Peter Numu 1.31 1 New
CDP Kelly Naru 1.27 1 +1
PDM Paias Wingti 1.27 1 −1
CRP Joseph Lelang 1.25 1 −1
PMC Gary Juffa 0.95 1 −1
MAP Joseph Yopyyopy 0.81 1 +1
Country Party Nelson Duabane 0.68 1 0
ODP Puka Temu 0.45 1 0
MLP Allan Marat 0.21 1 −1
Independent 37.54 14 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Peter O'Neill
PNC
Peter O'Neill
PNC

General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 24 June and 8 July 2017.[1] The writs for the election were issued on 20 April,[2] and candidate nominations closed on 27 April.[1]

Michael Somare, the first Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, retired as a Member of National Parliament 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.[3]

On 1 August 2017 Peter O'Neill was re-elected as prime minister by Parliament by a vote of 64–40.[4]

  1. ^ a b "2017 National and LLG Elections Dates". PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Writs issued for PNG elections". Radio New Zealand. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare's Farewell Speech in Parliament". EMTV. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ^ PNG election: Controversial PM Peter O'Neill re-elected, promises election review ABC, 2 August 2017