1977 Papua New Guinean general election information
1977 Papua New Guinean general election
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18 June–9 July 1977
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All 109 seats in the National Parliament 55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
60.35%
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.
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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%.
^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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