Parliamentary election in Papua New Guinea 2012
The parliamentary elections in Papua New Guinea 2012 took place from June 23 to July 17, 2012. The 111 members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea were directly elected in 111 constituencies for five years each.
On April 4, 2012, parliament actually decided to postpone the elections by half a year, but after protests against this unconstitutional procedure, they were held on time. Compared to the 2007 elections, the number of mandates to be awarded was increased by 2 from 109 to 111. 3,435 candidates, including 135 women, applied for the 111 seats. Some of the candidates belonged to 46 parties and some ran as independents. 108 men and 3 women were elected. A total of 21 parties made it into parliament. The turnout was 76.89%.
| Political party | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| People's National Congress Party (PNCP) | 27 | ||
| Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party | 12 | ||
| PNG party | 8th | ||
| National Alliance Party (NAP) | 7th | ||
| United Resources Party (URP) | 7th | ||
| People's Progress Party | 6th | ||
| People's party | 6th | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 3 | ||
| People's Movement for Change Party | 2 | ||
| People's United Assembly Party | 2 | ||
| People's Democratic Movement (PDM) | 2 | ||
| Coalition for Reform Party | 2 | ||
| Melanesian Liberal Party (MLP) | 2 | ||
| New Generation Party (NGP) | 2 | ||
| Indigenous People's Party | 1 | ||
| Our Development Party | 1 | ||
| Pangu Party (PP) | 1 | ||
| PNG Constitutional Democratic Party | 1 | ||
| PNG Country Party | 1 | ||
| Stars Alliance Party | 1 | ||
| United Party (UP) | 1 | ||
| Independent candidates | 16 | ||
| total | 111 | ||
| Source: IPU | |||