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1995 Vanuatuan general election

General election held in Vanuatu

Field	Value
country	Vanuatu
previous_election	1991
next_election	1998
seats_for_election	All 52 seats in Parliament
majority_seats	26
election_date	30 November 1995
party1	Unity Front	leader1 = Donald Kalpokas	percentage1 = 31.45	seats1 = 20	last_election1 = 15
party2	UMP	leader2 = Maxime Carlot Korman	percentage2 = 27.44	seats2 = 17	last_election2 = 19
party3	NUP	leader3 = Walter Lin̄i	percentage3 = 23.41	seats3 = 9	last_election3 = 10
party4	FMP	leader4 = Pisovuke Albert Ravutia	percentage4 = 2.66	seats4 = 1	last_election4 = 1
party5	Nagriamel	leader5 = Edouard Muelsul	percentage5 = 1.76	seats5 = 1	last_election5 = 1
party6	Independents	leader6 = —	percentage6 = 6.65	seats6 = 2	last_election6 = 0
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Maxime Carlot Korman
before_party	UMP
after_election	Serge Vohor
after_party	UMP

General elections were held in Vanuatu on 30 November 1995. Ni-Vanuatu voters were invited to elect the 50 members of the national Parliament.

The Unity Front, a coalition comprising the Vanua'aku Pati (led by Donald Kalpokas), the Melanesian Progressive Party (led by Barak Sopé) and Tan Union (led by Vincent Boulekone) won 20 seats, of which the VP won 13, the MPP 5 and the TU 2. The Union of Moderate Parties, led by incumbent Prime Minister Maxime Carlot Korman, won 17. The National United Party, led by former Prime Minister Walter Lini, won 9.

The francophone Union of Moderate Parties and the anglophone National United Party formed a coalition government, with Serge Vohor (UMP) as Prime Minister and Walter Lini as deputy Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 72.4%.

Electoral system

Most members were elected by single non-transferable vote in multi-seat districts of two to seven seats. Four members were elected through first-past-the-post voting ins single-member constituencies.

Results

By constituency

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.26
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p843 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
(8 December 1995). "Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette".

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