1982 Papua New Guinean general election

General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 5 and 6 June 1982.[1] The result was a victory for the Pangu Party, which won 51 of the 109 seats. Voter turnout was 52%.

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Campaign

A total of 1,125 candidates contested the election,[2], of which seventeen were women. Only one, Nahau Rooney, was elected. She had been standing for re-election, as had MPs Waliyato Clowes and Josephine Abaijah, who both lost their seats.[3]

Results

Following the elections, several elected MPs changed their party affiliation; the Pangu Party gained ten MPs to hold 61 seats and the National Party gained six MPs to hold 19. The People's Progress Party lost a seat, while the Melanesian Alliance lost two and the United Party lost three. All members of the Diro Independents Group left to join other parties, with no MPs left sitting as independents.[4]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Pangu Party34.051+21
National Party10.013+11
People's Progress Party10.014–2
United Party7.29–15
Melanesian Alliance Party8.68New
Diro Independents Group6.97New
Papua Besena1.63–2
Papua Action Party0.80New
Independents20.94–23
Invalid/blank votes43,694–––
Total2,412,8101001090
Votes cast1,194,114–
Registered voters/turnout2,309,62151.7
Source: IPU, Nohlen et al.

Aftermath

When the newly elected National Parliament met, Michael Somare was elected Prime Minister, defeating John Momis 66–40. Dennis Young was elected Speaker.[5]

Position Member
Prime MinisterMichael Somare
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of National Planning and Development
Minister of Primary Industry		Paias Wingti
Minister of Commerce and IndustryKarl Stack
Minister of Correctional ServicesPundia Kange
Minister of Culture and TourismMacKenzie Jovoka
Minister of DecentralisationJohn Nilkare
Minister of DefenceEpel Tito
Minister of EducationBarry Holloway
Minister of Environment and ConservationHalalu Mai
Minister of FinancePhillip Bouraga
Minister of Foreign Relations and TradeRobbie Namaliu
Minister of ForestsLukas Waka
Minister of HealthMartin Tovadek
Minister of Home AffairsRoy Evara
Minister of JusticeTony Bais
Minister of Labour and EmploymentKaspar Angua
Minister of LandBebes Korowaro
Minister of MediaBoyamo Sali
Minister of Minerals and EnergyFrancis Didman
Minister of Parliamentary ServicesPita Lus
Minister of PoliceJohn Giheno
Minister of Public ServicesTony Siaguru
Minister of Public UtilitiesMichael Pondros
Minister of Religion, Youth and RecreationTom Awasa
Minister of Transport and Civil AviationMatthew Bendumb
Minister of Urban DevelopmentKala Swokim
Minister of Works and SupplyPato Kakarya

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p770 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Papua New Guinea IPU
  3. Sepoe, Orovu, "To make a difference: Realities of women’s participation in Papua New Guinea politics", Development Bulletin, no. 59, 2002, p.40. (Electronic version Archived 2009-09-13 at the Wayback Machine)
  4. Nohlen et al., p774
  5. "The Chief" regains his leadership after a bitter PNG campaign Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1982, pp15–17
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