The 111 members of parliament serve five-year terms, 89 of whom are chosen from single-member "open" electorates, which are sometimes referred to as "seats" but are officially known as constituencies. The remaining 22 are chosen from single-member provincial electorates: the 20 provinces, the autonomous province of Bougainville (North Solomons), and the National Capital District. Each provincial member becomes governor of their province unless they take a ministerial position, in which case the governorship passes to an open member of the province.[4]
From 1964 until 1977 an Optional Preferential Voting System was used.[citation needed] The first past the post system was used from 1977 until 2002. Electoral reforms introduced by former Prime Minister Mekere Morauta introduced Limited Preferential Voting, in which voters numbered three preferred candidates. LPV was first used nationally in the 2007 election.[5]
As in other Commonwealth realms, the party or coalition with the most seats in the parliament is invited by the Governor-General to form a government, and its leader subsequently becomes Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. The Prime Minister then appoints his cabinet from fellow parliament members. Members of parliament are seated in a similar manner to other Westminster system parliaments, but use chairs instead of benches.
Papua New Guinea has a fractious political culture, and no party in the history of parliament has yet won a majority.[4] Therefore, negotiations between parties have always been necessary to form governments. New governments are protected from votes of no confidence during their first 18 months and during the last 12 months before a national election. More recently, in a move aimed at further minimizing no-confidence motions, then-Prime Minister Mekere Morauta introduced changes that prevented members of the government from voting in favour of such a motion.[citation needed]
All citizens over the age of 18 may vote, although voting is not compulsory.[6]
^ ab"About Our Parliament". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.
^"Papua New Guinea National Elections 2012: Final Report". Commonwealth of Nations. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^"Enrolment Awareness". Electoral Commission of Papua New Guinea.
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The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea It was created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea but gained its current name after the nation was granted independence in 1975 National Parliament of Papua New Guinea11th ParliamentTypeTypeUnicameralTerm limits5 yearsHistoryFounded1964LeadershipMonarchCharles III since 9 September 2022Governor GeneralBob Dadae since 28 February 2017SpeakerJob Pomat since 2 August 2017Prime MinisterJames Marape Pangu since 30 May 2019Leader of the OppositionJoseph Lelang PNC since 12 August 2022 1 StructureSeats118 96 open electorates and 22 provincial electorates Political groupsGovernment 102 2 Pangu Pati 42 United Resources 12 Independents 8 National Alliance 4 People s Party 4 Social Democratic 4 People s First 4 National Party 3 PNG Party 3 United Labour 3 Advance PNG 2 Liberal Party 2 Allegiance Party 1 Green Party 1 Melanesian Alliance 1 New Generation 1 Our Development 1 People s Labour 1 PMC Party 1 PNC Party 1 People s Progress 1 People s Reform 1 Destiny Party 1 THE Party 1 Opposition 16 PNC Party 13 Other 2 Vacant Seats 3 3 Political groups5ElectionsVoting systemLimited instant runoff votingLast election9 22 July 2022Next election2027Meeting placeNational Parliament House Port MoresbyWebsitewww wbr parliament wbr gov wbr pgThe 111 members of parliament serve five year terms 89 of whom are chosen from single member open electorates which are sometimes referred to as seats but are officially known as constituencies The remaining 22 are chosen from single member provincial electorates the 20 provinces the autonomous province of Bougainville North Solomons and the National Capital District Each provincial member becomes governor of their province unless they take a ministerial position in which case the governorship passes to an open member of the province 4 From 1964 until 1977 an Optional Preferential Voting System was used citation needed The first past the post system was used from 1977 until 2002 Electoral reforms introduced by former Prime Minister Mekere Morauta introduced Limited Preferential Voting in which voters numbered three preferred candidates LPV was first used nationally in the 2007 election 5 As in other Commonwealth realms the party or coalition with the most seats in the parliament is invited by the Governor General to form a government and its leader subsequently becomes Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea The Prime Minister then appoints his cabinet from fellow parliament members Members of parliament are seated in a similar manner to other Westminster system parliaments but use chairs instead of benches Papua New Guinea has a fractious political culture and no party in the history of parliament has yet won a majority 4 Therefore negotiations between parties have always been necessary to form governments New governments are protected from votes of no confidence during their first 18 months and during the last 12 months before a national election More recently in a move aimed at further minimizing no confidence motions then Prime Minister Mekere Morauta introduced changes that prevented members of the government from voting in favour of such a motion citation needed All citizens over the age of 18 may vote although voting is not compulsory 6 Contents 1 Latest election 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLatest election editMain article 2022 Papua New Guinean general electionSee also editWomen in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Elections in Papua New Guinea Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 2002 2007 Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 2007 2012 Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 2012 2017 Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 2017 2022 Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 2022 2027 List of legislatures by country Politics of Papua New GuineaReferences edit PNC Party s Joseph Lelang is the new opposition leader One Papua New Guinea Retrieved 15 August 2022 https devpolicy org pngmps PNG MP Database https devpolicy org pngmps 2 from Deceased MPs Lagaip Open District has no member a b About Our Parliament National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea National Elections 2012 Final Report Commonwealth of Nations 13 September 2012 Retrieved 19 May 2015 Enrolment Awareness Electoral Commission of Papua New Guinea External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Parliament of Papua New Guinea amp oldid 1160411555, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
