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There are 50 constituencies in Solomon Islands, each electing one Member of Parliament (MP) to the National Parliament. [1] Elections are held every four years; the most recent took place on 17th April 2024. [2]
To qualify in a parliamentary election a candidate must be a citizen of the Solomon Islands, be over the age of 21, not be a citizen of another country, cannot have declared bankruptcy in the Commonwealth, is not sentenced to death or more then 6 months of imprisonment/ supervision, anywhere in the world, and has not been found to be of unsound ...
The election was the first to occur since the conclusion of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) in 2017. Parliament passed amendments to the electoral act in 2018 that included the introduction of pre-polling, a significant increase in campaign budgets for candidates and stricter penalties for individuals committing ...
The national election of 6 August 1997 resulted in Bartholomew Ulufa'alu's election as Prime Minister, heading a coalition government, which christened itself the Solomon Islands Alliance for Change. In June 2000, an insurrection mounted by militants from the island of Malaita resulted in the brief detention of Ulufa’alu and his subsequent ...
This is a list of by-elections to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands since the First Parliament in 1976, with the names of the incumbent and victor and (when known) their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, and where that change is known, the result is highlighted: yellow for a Democratic Party gain.
This is a list of the next general elections around the world in sovereign states. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the prime minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate votes are taken for different tiers of government.
In most elections, no one party has won an absolute majority of seats and so usually parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.The one exception is the 1989 election, when the People's Alliance Party (PAP) led by Solomon Mamaloni did win an absolute majority.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare meets with the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen, July 2016. Solomon Islands is a member of the United Nations, Interpol, Commonwealth of Nations, Pacific Islands Forum, Pacific Community, International Monetary Fund, and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries (Lomé Convention).