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The previous election, held in 2019, took place following amendments to the electoral act in 2018, which introduced additional measures to prevent electoral fraud, including stricter penalties for candidates and voters engaging in bribery and the implementation of a campaign blackout the day before the election to deter vote-buying. [5]
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 ...
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]
Peter Kenilorea went on to win the 1980 Solomon Islands general election, serving as PM until 1981, when he was replaced by Solomon Mamaloni of the People's Alliance Party (PAP) after a no confidence vote. [69] Mamaloni created the Central Bank and national airline, and pushed for greater autonomy for individual islands of the country. [70]
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.
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 ...
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0–9. 1965 Solomon Islands general election; 1967 Solomon Islands general election; 1970 Solomon Islands general election; 1973 Solomon Islands general election