Elections in Vanuatu

Vanuatu

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Vanuatu elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The Parliament or Parlement has 52 members, elected for a four-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The president is elected for a five-year term by the parliament.

Political culture

Vanuatu has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Latest elections

See Vanuatuan general election, 2012.

Past elections

See below.

Elections in Vanuatu

General elections	1957 1963 1969 1975 1977 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1998 2002 2004 2008 2012 2016

References

External links

Adam Carr's Election Archive

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