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1977 Papua New Guinean general election information


1977 Papua New Guinean general election
Papua New Guinea
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All 109 seats in the National Parliament
55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.35%
Party Leader Seats
Pangu Pati Michael Somare 30
PPP Julius Chan 16
United Party Matthew Taso 23
Papua Besena Josephine Abaijah 5
Country Party Sinake Giregire 2
National Party Thomas Kavali 2
Mataungan Association 3
Independents 27
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 18 June and 9 July 1977,[1] the first since independence from Australia in 1975. The Pangu Party led by Prime Minister Michael Somare emerged as the largest in the National Parliament. Somare subsequently formed a coalition government with the People's Progress Party (PPP) and several independent MPs. Voter turnout was 60.3%.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p770 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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