1983 Vanuatuan general election

none May 2022 December 2022 Vanuatu 1979 1987 2 November 1983 All 39 seats in Parliament 20 74.90% Vanua'aku Party Walter Lini 25 24 55.05 Union of Moderate Parties Serge Vohor 5 12 28.64 Nagriamel Jimmy Stevens new 1 2.84 Namangi Aute Serge Vohor 2 1 2.62 Friend Melanesian Party Serge Vohor new 1 2.30 1983 Vanuatuan general election - Results.svg 1 Prime Minister Walter Lini Vanua'aku Walter Lini Vanua'aku General elections were held in Vanuatu on 2 November 1983, the first since independence from France and the United Kingdom (which had governed it as a Condominium) in 1980. The ruling Vanua'aku Pati won 24 seats, while the Union of Moderate Parties won 12. Walter Lini of the Vanua'aku Pati remained Prime Minister.Miles, William F.S., Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998, 0-8248-2048-7, p.24 Voter turnout was 74.9%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p842 0-19-924959-8 Electoral system Most members were elected through single non-transferable voting in multi-seat districts having two to five members each. One member (the member for Epi) was elected through first past the post. Results File:Vanuatuan Parliament 1983.svg Vanua'aku Pati 24313 24 –1 Union of Moderate Parties 12647 12 +10 Vanuatu Independent Alliance Party 1738 0 New Nagriamel 1254 1 New Namangi Aute 1159 1 -1 Friend Melanesian Party 1014 1 New Independents 2040 0 –2 561 0 59712 Nohlen et al., Pacific Islands Monthly See also List of members of the Parliament of Vanuatu (1983–1987) References Vanuatu General Category:Elections in Vanuatu Vanuatu