Papua New Guinean general election, 1997

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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 14 and 28 June 1997.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progress Party, which won 16 of the 109 seats, despite receiving fewer votes than the National Alliance Party. Voter turnout was 66.0%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Alliance Party	288,965	6.5	6	New
People's Progress Party	288,634	6.5	16	+6
Pangu Party	237,028	5.3	13	-9
People's Democratic Movement	197,331	4.4	8	-7
People's Action Party	182,845	4.1	4	-9
Melanesian Alliance Party	81,303	1.8	5	-4
United Party	77,917	1.8	3	+3
National Party	16,009	0.4	1	-1
Other parties	351,347	7.9	17	-
Independents	2,738,520	61.4	36	+6
Invalid/blank votes		-	-	-
Total	2,244,531	100	109	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p770 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

External links

Centre on Democratic Performance Election Results Archive

Elections in Papua New Guinea

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