1997 Papua New Guinean general election
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 14 and 28 June 1997.[1] 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%.
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| National Alliance Party | 288,965 | 6.48 | 6 | New | |
| People's Progress Party | 288,634 | 6.47 | 16 | +6 | |
| Pangu Party | 237,028 | 5.31 | 13 | –9 | |
| People's Democratic Movement | 197,331 | 4.42 | 8 | –7 | |
| People's Action Party | 182,845 | 4.10 | 4 | –9 | |
| Melanesian Alliance Party | 81,303 | 1.82 | 5 | –4 | |
| United Party | 77,917 | 1.75 | 3 | +3 | |
| National Party | 16,009 | 0.36 | 1 | –1 | |
| Other parties | 351,347 | 7.88 | 17 | – | |
| Independents | 2,738,520 | 61.40 | 36 | +6 | |
| Total | 4,459,899 | 100.00 | 109 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 2,244,531 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,414,072 | 65.74 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p770 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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