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1979 New Hebridean general election

General elections were held in the New Hebrides on 14 November 1979 for the seats in Representative Assembly, the last before independence the following year. The result was a victory for the Vanua'aku Pati, which won 25 of the 39 seats, with its partner party Natui Tanno winning one. Voter turnout was 90.3%.

Background

Prior to the elections, the New Hebrides Federal Party was formed by former members of Tanunion and Natatok, as well as members of Nagriamel.

Electoral system

The 39 members of the legislature were elected from 15 constituencies.

Results

Aftermath

After it was announced that the Vanua'aku Pati had also won a majority on the regional assembly election of Espiritu Santo were announced, supporters of Nagriamel and Tabwemasana took to the streets with weapons to tell immigrants to leave the island. Almost 360 people took sanctuary in the Anglican church compound and around 350–500 people fled the island.

On 29 November the Representative Assembly elected Walter Lini as Chief Minister. Lini received 26 votes, defeating Gérard Leymang who received three; three members abstained and seven MHAs from Espiritu Santo boycotted the session, claiming there had been electoral fraud.

Position	Member
Chief Minister
Minister of Justice	Walter Lini
Deputy Chief Minister
Minister of the Interior	George Kalkoa
Minister of Education	Donald Kalpokas
Minister of Finance	Kalpokor Kalsakau
Minister of Health	George Worek
Minister of Lands	Sethy Regenvanu
Minister of Natural Resources	Thomas Reuben
Minister of Social Affairs	Willie Korisa
Minister of Transport, Communications and Civil Aviation	John Naupa

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p839 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337747313/view?partId=nla.obj-337783230#page/n35/mode/1up NH right to try uniting] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1979, p35
Premdas, Ralph R.. (1989). "Vanuatu: The 1987 national elections and their aftermath∗". The Journal of Pacific History.
Charles Zorgbibe (1981) "Vanuatu, naissance d'un état", ''Économica'', pp110–115
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339025052/view?partId=nla.obj-339027831#page/n12/mode/1up New Hebrides: High hopes haunted by high danger] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', January 1980, pp13–14

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