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1998 Vanuatuan general election

General election held in Vanuatu

Field	Value
country	Vanuatu
previous_election	1995
next_election	2002
seats_for_election	All 52 seats in Parliament
majority_seats	26
election_date	6 March 1998
party1	Vanua'aku	leader1 = Donald Kalpokas	percentage1 = 21.01	seats1 = 18	last_election1 = 13
party2	UMP	leader2 = Serge Vohor	percentage2 = 19.95	seats2 = 12	last_election2 = 17
party3	NUP	leader3 = Walter Lin̄i	percentage3 = 15.89	seats3 = 11	last_election3 = 9
party4	MPP	leader4 = Barak Sopé	percentage4 = 13.99	seats4 = 6	last_election4 = 5
party5	John Frum	leader5 = Keasipai Song	percentage5 = 2.23	seats5 = 2	last_election5 = New
party6	Republican	leader6 = Maxime Carlot Korman	percentage6 = 7.65	seats6 = 1	last_election6 = New
party7	Independents	leader7 = —	percentage7 = 14.62	seats7 = 2	last_election7 = 2
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Serge Vohor
before_party	UMP
after_election	Donald Kalpokas
after_party	Vanua'aku Pati

General elections were held in Vanuatu on 6 March 1998. They "were held under the shadow of a state of emergency (the result of riots in Port Vila over governmental financial improprieties) and were accompanied by an unusually low turnout rate", with only 64% of registered voters casting a ballot.

The Vanua'aku Pati, led by Donald Kalpokas, obtained 18 seats. The ruling Union of Moderate Parties obtained 12, while the National United Party obtained 11, and the Melanesian Progressive Party 6.

The Vanua'aku Pati returned to power for the first time since 1991, forming a coalition with the NUP. Donald Kalpokas (VP) became Prime Minister, with Walter Lini (NUP) as deputy Prime Minister. The new government was exclusively anglophone, following the defeat of the francophone UMP.

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.27
(16 March 1998). "Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette".

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