1997 Papua New Guinean general election

none Papua New Guinea 1992 14–28 June 1997 2002 National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea) Michael Somare 6.48 8 New People's Progress Party Julius Chan 6.47 16 8 Pangu Pati Chris Haiveta 5.31 15 20 People's Democratic Movement Mekere Morauta 4.42 8 15 People's Action Party (Papua New Guinea) Ted Diro 4.10 4 12 Melanesian Alliance Party Bernard Narokobi 1.82 5 7 United Party (Papua New Guinea) Bire Kimisopa 1.75 3 0 PUP David Unagi 1.74 2 New CDP Dilu Goma 1.57 1 New People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea) Bill Skate 1.56 5 New PRAP Michael Uvilio 1.21 3 New MGA Steven Pokawi 0.50 1 New National Party (Papua New Guinea) Philip Kapal 0.33 1 2 PSP Kala Swokin 0.06 1 0 Independents – 61.46 36 39 Prime Minister Julius Chan People's Progress Party Bill Skate People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea) General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 14 and 28 June 1997.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p770 0-19-924959-8 The result was a victory for the People's Progress Party, which won 16 of the 109 seats, despite receiving fewer votes than the National Alliance Party. Voter turnout was 66%. Results National Alliance Party 288965 8 New People's Progress Party 288634 16 +8 Pangu Pati 237028 15 –5 People's Democratic Movement 197331 8 –7 People's Action Party 182845 4 –8 Melanesian Alliance Party 81303 5 –2 United Party 77917 3 +3 People's Unity Party 77407 2 New Christian Democratic Party 69889 1 New People's National Congress 69593 5 New People's Resources Awareness Party 53753 3 New Melanesian Labour Party 23889 0 New Movement for Greater Autonomy 22344 1 New Christian Country Party 19536 0 New National Party 14689 1 –1 Milne Bay Party 7043 0 New People's Solidarity Party 2473 1 +1 Liberal Party 1337 0 –1 PNGNA 1320 0 New Hausman Party 792 0 New PNG First Party 722 0 New Independents 2741089 36 –3 0 2244531 3414072 PNG Elections Database, Nohlen et al. References External links https://archive.today/20070712184335/http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/png87par.html Centre on Democratic Performance Election Results Archive el Rowan Callick 1997 The Papua New Guinea elections Pacific Economic Bulletin 12 2 110–114 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/14aa30c1-7f95-47a1-a5b5-50e6ff8398e4/content Category:Elections in Papua New Guinea Papua General Category:National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results