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IPU PARLINE database: PAPUA NEW GUINEA (National Parliament), ELECTIONS IN 2012
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) (from/to) 23 June 2012
Purpose of elections The People's National Congress Party (PNCP) became the largest party in parliament, with 27 of the 111 seats. 18 other parties also won seats. The 2012 elections saw a high turnover: around 60 per cent of outgoing members, including Speaker Jeffrey Nape, were not returned to office. The outgoing legislature had failed to pass a quota bill that would have reserved 22 seats for women. The number of women nevertheless increased from one to three, though without Dame Carol Kidu, the sole woman in the outgoing legislature and sponsor of the quota bill, who retired at the end of the legislature.
On 3 August, the new parliament re-elected Mr. Peter O'Neill (People's National Congress Party, PNCP) as Prime Minister with the support of 93 members. This ended a year-long political stalemate, during which Mr. O'Neill and former long-time Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare both claimed to lead the government. The new 33-member Cabinet comprised 11 parties including the PNCP and Mr. Somare's National Alliance (NA).
Dates of previous elections: 30 June - 17 July 2007
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: 16 May 2012
Number of candidates: 3,435 (3,300 men, 135 women)
Percentage of women candidates: 3.9%
Number of parties contesting the election: 46
Number of parties winning seats: 21
Alternation of power: Not applicable (Two persons claimed to be Prime Minister before the 2012 elections)
Names of parties in government: People's National Congress Party, Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party, National Alliance, United Resources Party, People's Party, People's Progress Party, People's Democratic Movement, Indigenous People's Party, United Party, Our Development Party, Social Democratic Party and one independent member
Date of the first session of the new parliament: 3 August 2012
Name of the new Speaker: Mr. Theodore Zibang Zurecnuoc (People's Progress Party)
Round no 1 (from/to) 23 June 2012
Valid votes 4'776'096
3'672'251 (76.89%)
People's National Congress Party (PNCP) 27
Triumph Heritage Empowerment party 12
National Alliance (NA) 7
United Resources Party (URP) 7
People's Movement for Change Party 2
People's United Assembly Party 2
People's Democratic Movement (PDM) 2
Coalition for Reform Party 2
Melanesian Liberal Party (MLP) 2
New Generation Party (NGP) 2
Indigenous People's Party 1
Our Development Party 1
Pangu Paty (PP) 1
PNG Constitutional Democratic Party 1
PNG Country Party 1
Stars Alliance Party 1
- National Parliament (03.08.2012, 09.08.2012)
- http://www.pngec.gov.pg/partysum.html