1987 Vanuatuan general election

General elections were held in Vanuatu on 30 November 1987. Ni-Vanuatu voters were invited to elect the 46 members of an expanded national Parliament, which had previously held 39 seats.

1987 Vanuatuan general election
30 November 1987
All 46 seats in Parliament
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.64%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Vanua'aku Pati Walter Lini 47.28 26 +2
UMP Serge Vohor 39.87 19 +7
Friend Melanesian 1.99 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Walter Lini
Vanua'aku		 Walter Lini
Vanua'aku
Politics of Vanuatu

The ruling Vanua'aku Pati maintained its absolute majority, with 26 seats, while the Union of Moderate Parties obtained 19. The Vanua'aku Pati received slightly less than 50% of the popular vote, while the UMP received 40%. Walter Lini of the Vanua'aku Pati remained Prime Minister.[1] Voter turnout was 71.6%.[2]

Important issues in the election included domestic economic reforms (such as liberalising the economy) and the accommodation of the Francophone population.[3]

Electoral system

Most members were elected through single non-transferable voting in multi-seat districts having two to six members each. Four members were elected through first-past-the-post voting.

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Vanua'aku Pati26,61747.2826+2
Union of Moderate Parties22,44339.8719+6
New People's Party1,4182.520New
Friend Melanesian Party1,1191.9910
National Democratic Party8791.560New
Nagriamel7661.360–1
Vanuatu Independent Alliance Party4420.7900
Vanuatu Labour Party3220.570New
Independents2,2884.0600
Total56,294100.0046+7
Valid votes56,29499.33
Invalid/blank votes3820.67
Total votes56,676100.00
Registered voters/turnout79,11371.64
Source: Official Gazette,[4] Nohlen et al.[2]

By constituency
ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes %
AmbaeOnneyn TahiVanua'aku Pati88424.30
Samson BueUMP77221.22
Harold Colin QualaoVanua'aku Pati76621.06
Amos BangabitiUMP64117.62
John Tari MorrisNagriamel2496.84
James MeraVanua'aku Pati2326.38
James HoroNew People's Party942.58
AmbrymAmos AdengUMP1,46946.84
Jack Tungon HopaVanua'aku Pati86327.52
Welwel AndrewVanua'aku Pati65420.85
Kevin JonathanNew People's Party1504.78
Banks and TorresCharles GoddenVanua'aku Pati79334.31
Luke Titinsom DiniUMP70330.42
Derek Lulum VanvaVanua'aku Pati55123.84
Norman RoslynIndependent26411.42
EfateAndes Jacques CarlotUMP1,08620.54
Joel Pakoalao MansaleUMP1,07420.31
Donald KalpokasVanua'aku Pati93417.67
Chilia Jimmy MetoVanua'aku Pati92017.40
Tele TaunVanua'aku Pati91217.25
James Kenneth SatungiaLabour2444.62
Kalosike Edith MatautotauNational Democratic1172.21
EpiJimmy SimonVanua'aku Pati79054.94
J. Kalala WaiwoUMP44230.74
Reggie RobertNew People's Party20614.33
LuganvilleAlfred MasengUMP1,06346.44
Edgell WilliamVanua'aku Pati54223.68
Arusiro WillieVanua'aku Pati38616.86
Joel CyrusVanuatu Independent Alliance Party1697.38
Noel TakauNew People's Party984.28
Thomas ReynoldsLabour311.35
MaewoRoger Jerry BoeVanua'aku Pati53956.38
Tom SigoUMP16116.84
Ezechiel ToaIndependent14515.17
Frederick BoeIndependent11111.61
MalekulaLingtamat AnatoleVanua'aku Pati1,22914.54
Sethy RegenvanuVanua'aku Pati1,07212.68
Adrien MalereUMP92610.95
Paul TeluklukUMP89010.53
Aileh RantesVanua'aku Pati88110.42
Simeon EnnisVanua'aku Pati8229.72
Aime Claude MalereUMP6858.10
Willion WillyVanua'aku Pati5997.08
Fidel Dra FabianUMP4885.77
Edson DavidNational Democratic3313.91
Nacisse FredFriend Melanesian2773.28
Jerry DonabitNew People's Party1551.83
Hollingson IssacharNational Democratic911.08
Malsekan Jean BaotusteIndependent90.11
Other Southern IslandsEdward NatapeiVanua'aku Pati60654.74
Leye ChristopheUMP46141.64
Naupa JohnNational Democratic403.61
PaamaWilliam MahitVanua'aku Pati55351.35
Mael WilliamUMP52448.65
PentecostWalter LiniVanua'aku Pati1,39229.19
Vincent BoulekoneUMP1,09422.94
Gaetano BulewakUMP84917.80
Basile TabiVanua'aku Pati62013.00
Luke FargoVanua'aku Pati57211.99
Job W. TabiIndependent1593.33
Frazer SineNew People's Party831.74
Port VilaMaxime Carlot KormanUMP99920.16
Willie JimmyUMP94519.07
Maria CrowbyUMP67113.54
Hilda LiniVanua'aku Pati60212.15
Barak SopéVanua'aku Pati52410.57
Kalpokor KalsakauVanua'aku Pati52010.49
Albert SandyVanua'aku Pati3436.92
Frank AbelNew People's Party1753.53
Franck Bakeo SpoonerNational Democratic1392.80
George Kaltoi KalsakauLabour380.77
Santo–Malo–AoreSela MolisaVanua'aku Pati1,25017.38
Serge VohorUMP1,09315.20
Harry KaraeruUMP94613.15
Rene LucFriend Melanesian84211.71
Vuro Baravu Andrew MolienoUMP80711.22
Kavcor WassVanua'aku Pati75010.43
Sarki RobertVanua'aku Pati7159.94
Thomas Ruben SeruVanuatu Independent Alliance Party2733.80
James Tangis IndofonNagriamel2643.67
Dom DimalaNagriamel2533.52
ShepherdsDavid KarieVanua'aku Pati53129.83
Fred TimakataVanua'aku Pati41923.54
Raymond ClayUMP37621.12
Jimmy TassoNew People's Party29316.46
Api ToaraNational Democratic1619.04
TannaHenry IouiouVanua'aku Pati1,12014.17
Iaris NaununUMP1,05913.40
Iolu AbilVanua'aku Pati1,04013.16
Keasipai SongUMP1,00012.66
Daniel IamihamVanua'aku Pati6918.74
Kawai ThompsonUMP6468.18
Nango CharleyUMP5737.25
Korisa WillieIndependent5106.45
Silas IaunamIndependent4495.68
Nicklam Jonathan JimmyIndependent4235.35
Tom NumakeIndependent1832.32
Jeffry LahvaNew People's Party1642.08
Kapum JackIndependent350.44
Willie IobaLabour90.11

Aftermath
Main article: 1988–89 Vanuatuan by-elections

In 1988 five MPs led by Barak Sopé left the Vanua'aku Pati and created the Melanesian Progressive Party. The five were subsequently expelled from Parliament on 24 July 1988 by the Speaker Onneyn Tahi at the request of the Lini government, invoking a 1983 law that automatically vacates the seats of MPs who change political party during the parliamentary term. Sopé and Maxime Carlot, the leader of the Union of Moderate Parties then described Lini as a "dictator" and 18 of the 20 UMP deputies started boycotting Parliament. On 27 July, after being absent from Parliament for three consecutive days, the 18 deputies were also expelled by Tahi, who considered that they had resigned their seats. In September the Supreme Court confirmed the legality of the dismissal of the 23 MPs, opening the way to the holding of by-elections.[5] The only two UMP MPs who were not expelled were Vincent Boulekone and Gaetano Bulewak, who refused to go along with the UMP's boycott strategy. They were subsequently excluded from the UMP and founded the Tan Union.[6][7]

The by-elections of 1988 and 1989 were boycotted by the UMP and the Melanesian Progressive Party, with most seats won by the Vanua'aku Pati.

See also

References
  1. MILES, William F.S., Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2048-7, p.24
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p842 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  3. Premdas, Ralph R.; Steeves, Jeffrey S. (1989). "Vanuatu: The 1987 national elections and their aftermath∗". The Journal of Pacific History. 24 (1): 110–117. doi:10.1080/00223348908572606. ISSN 0022-3344.
  4. "Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette" (PDF). 10 December 1987.
  5. "Sope's Desperate Gamble Falters", Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1988, p.10
  6. Vincent Boulekone, «La politique du Tan-Union» dans Howard Van Trease et Michelle Craw (dir.), La politique mélanesienne: Stael Blong Vanuatu, University of the South Pacific, 1995, pp.207 et seq.
  7. Roland Rich, Luke Hambly et Michael G. Morgan, Political Parties in the Pacific Islands, Australian National University Press, 2008, p.123

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