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1983 Vanuatuan general election

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Field	Value
country	Vanuatu
previous_election	1979
next_election	1987
election_date	2 November 1983
seats_for_election	All 39 seats in Parliament
majority_seats	20
turnout	74.90%
party1	Vanua'aku Party	leader1 = Walter Lini	last_election1 = 25	seats1 = 24	percentage1 = 55.05
party2	Union of Moderate Parties	leader2 = Serge Vohor	last_election2 = 5	seats2 = 12	percentage2 = 28.64
party3	Nagriamel	leader3 = Jimmy Stevens	last_election3 = new	seats3 = 1	percentage3 = 2.84
party4	Namangi Aute	leader4 = Serge Vohor	last_election4 = 2	seats4 = 1	percentage4 = 2.62
party5	Friend Melanesian Party	leader5 = Serge Vohor	last_election5 = new	seats5 = 1	percentage5 = 2.30
map	1983 Vanuatuan general election - Results.svg
map_upright	1
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Walter Lini
before_party	Vanua'aku
after_election	Walter Lini
after_party	Vanua'aku

General elections were held in Vanuatu on 2 November 1983, the first since independence from France and the United Kingdom (which had governed it as a Condominium) in 1980. The ruling Vanua'aku Pati won 24 seats, while the Union of Moderate Parties won 12. Walter Lini of the Vanua'aku Pati remained Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.9%.

Electoral system

Most members were elected through single non-transferable voting in multi-seat districts having two to five members each. One member (the member for Epi) was elected through first past the post.

Results

References

Miles, William F.S., ''Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu'', Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998, {{ISBN. 0-8248-2048-7, p.24
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p842 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8

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