1982 Papua New Guinean general election

Campaign

A total of 1,125 candidates contested the election, of which seventeen were women. Only one, Nahau Rooney, was elected. She had been standing for re-election, as had MPs Waliyato Clowes and Josephine Abaijah, who both lost their seats.

Results

Following the elections, several elected MPs changed their party affiliation; the Pangu Party gained ten MPs to hold 61 seats and the National Party gained six MPs to hold 19. The People's Progress Party lost a seat, while the Melanesian Alliance lost two and the United Party lost three. All members of the Diro Independents Group left to join other parties, with no MPs left sitting as independents.

Aftermath

When the newly elected National Parliament met, Michael Somare was elected Prime Minister, defeating John Momis 66–40. Dennis Young was elected Speaker.

References

References

1. King, Peter. 1989. “Parties and Outcomes in the 1982 Elections.” In ''[https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/133699/1/Pangu_Returns_to_Power.pdf Pangu Returns to Power: The 1982 Elections in Papua New Guinea]'', edited by Peter King, 1–26. (Canberra: Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University), pp16–17
2. [http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/PAPUA_NEW_GUINEA_1982_E.PDF Papua New Guinea] IPU
3. Sepoe, Orovu, "To make a difference: Realities of women’s participation in Papua New Guinea politics", Development Bulletin, no. 59, 2002, p.40. ([http://devnet.anu.edu.au/GenderPacific/pdfs/06_gen_civil_sepoe.pdf Electronic version] {{webarchive. link. (2009-09-13 ))
4. Nohlen ''et al.'', p774
5. [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340161634/view?partId=nla.obj-340185301#page/n14/mode/1up "The Chief" regains his leadership after a bitter PNG campaign] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1982, pp15–17