Latest Elections
Parliamentary elections were held from 30 June 2007 to 10 July 2007. Vote counting is still being done. For the first time, the election did not use first past the post (which has in the past resulted in a very volatile political system, with the election of a candidate being largely a matter of chance due to the large number of candidates), but rather limited preferential voting.
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elected | After party changes | ||
| National Alliance Party | 27 | 30 | +11 |
| Papua New Guinea Party | 8 | +8 | |
| People's Action Party | 6 | +1 | |
| Pangu Party | 5 | –1 | |
| People's Democratic Movement | 5 | –7 | |
| United Resources Party | 5 | +4 | |
| People's Progress Party | 4 | 5 | –3 |
| New Generation Party | 4 | +4 | |
| People's National Congress Party | 4 | 5 | +3 |
| People's Party | 3 | +3 | |
| Rural Development Party | 4 | +4 | |
| Melanesian Liberal Party | 2 | +2 | |
| People's Labour Party | 2 | –2 | |
| PNG Country Party | 2 | +1 | |
| United Party | 2 | –1 | |
| Melanesian Alliance Party | 1 | –2 | |
| National Advance Party | 1 | +1 | |
| Pipol First Party | 1 | –1 | |
| PNG Labour Party | 1 | ±0 | |
| PNG National Party | 1 | –2 | |
| PNG Conservative Party | 1 | 0 | ±0 |
| Independents | 20 | 16 | –1 |
| Total (turnout %) | 109 | ||
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