Papua New Guinean general election, 1997
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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea
between 14 and 28 June 1997. 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%.
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
between 14 and 28 June 1997. The result was a victory for the People's Progress Party
People's Progress Party
The People's Progress Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It is led by Sir Julius Chan, and has 4 of 109 seats in parliament.It was founded in 1968 by Chan, who was Prime Minister from 1980 to 1982 and 1994 to 1997. Chan’s second government was brought down by the Sandline Affair and...
, which won 16 of the 109 seats, despite receiving fewer votes than the National Alliance Party
National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea)
The National Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded in 1995 by Bernard Narokobi, Moi Avei, Bart Philemon and Masket Iangalio, who invited Sir Michael Somare to lead them to the 1997 elections after he had been sacked as leader of the Pangu Party.National Alliance...
. Voter turnout was 66.0%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Alliance Party National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea) The National Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded in 1995 by Bernard Narokobi, Moi Avei, Bart Philemon and Masket Iangalio, who invited Sir Michael Somare to lead them to the 1997 elections after he had been sacked as leader of the Pangu Party.National Alliance... |
288,965 | 6.5 | 6 | New |
| People's Progress Party People's Progress Party The People's Progress Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It is led by Sir Julius Chan, and has 4 of 109 seats in parliament.It was founded in 1968 by Chan, who was Prime Minister from 1980 to 1982 and 1994 to 1997. Chan’s second government was brought down by the Sandline Affair and... |
288,634 | 6.5 | 16 | |
| Pangu Party Pangu Party The Pangu Party or Papua and Niugini Union Pati is a political party in Papua New Guinea.It was founded in 1968 by Michael Somare, who served as prime minister of Papua New Guinea as the leader of the Pangu Party from 1972 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1985... |
237,028 | 5.3 | 13 | |
| People's Democratic Movement People's Democratic Movement The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in Papua New Guinea.It was founded by Paias Wingti in 1985, after his faction left the Pangu Party. Wingti served as prime minister from 1985 to 1988 and from 1992 to 1994... |
197,331 | 4.4 | 8 | |
| People's Action Party People's Action Party (Papua New Guinea) The People's Action Party is a right-of-centre political party in Papua New Guinea.At the legislative elections in June 2002, the party won 5 out of 109 seats in total . At the last legislative elections, in June and July 2007, the party won 6 seats. It supports the government of Prime Minister... |
182,845 | 4.1 | 4 | |
| Melanesian Alliance Party Melanesian Alliance Party The Melanesian Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. The party was co-founded by John Momis and John Kaputin in the late 1970s. At the last legislative elections, 15-29 June 2002, the party is said to have won 3 of 109 seats. The party won only 1 seat of the 109 seats in the... |
81,303 | 1.8 | 5 | |
| United Party United Party (Papua New Guinea) The United Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.There were attempts in 1964 to 1968 in formation of political parties. A meeting was held in Port Moresby and a Territory Country Party, organized along the Australian Country Party was formed in 1967.... |
77,917 | 1.8 | 3 | |
| National Party National Party (Papua New Guinea) The Papua New Guinea National Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.At the last legislative elections, 15-29 June 2002, the party is said to have won 3 of 109 seats. The party won 1 out of 109 seats in the 2007 General Elections... |
16,009 | 0.4 | 1 | |
| Other parties | 351,347 | 7.9 | 17 | |
| Independents | 2,738,520 | 61.4 | 36 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | ||||
| Total | 2,244,531 | 100 | 109 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al | ||||