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This was the closest result in the history of Papua New Guinea's parliamentary elections. [35] Michael Marum, former coach of the Papua New Guinea rugby league team, was elected governor and MP for the province of East New Britain. [36]
4 July – 2022 Papua New Guinean general election: Papua New Guineans go to the polls to elect their new government in a heavily guarded election. [3] 22 July – Prime Minister James Marape's Pangu Pati wins the general election. [4] 10 August – James Marape is re-elected unopposed as Prime Minister by the Parliament after his party Pangu ...
Of the 124 members, 102 are elected from "open" seats (increased from 96 in the 2022 elections), [1] with the remainder elected from "provincial" seats based on the twenty provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and the National Capital District. The winners of the provincial seats also become the provincial governor. [3]
Papua New Guinea elects on the national level a legislature.The National Parliament has 111 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. [1] Papua New Guinea has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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On 5 April the parliament voted to postpone the election for six months by a vote of 63 to 11, with O'Neill and Namah voting for the postponement. The Parliamentary motion instructed head of the election commission, Andrew Trawen, to ask the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea Sir Michael Ogio for the delay.
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