Country Profile:
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Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Kalkot Matas KELEKELE *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Edward NATAPEI
- Assembly: Vanuatu has a unicameral Parliament with 52 seats.
* The electoral college consists of Parliament and the presidents of the regional councils.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by electoral college to serve a 5-year term.
- In the Parliament 52 members are elected by single non-transferable vote to serve 4-year terms.***
*** There are 17 multi-member constituencies.
Population:
- Population: 218,519 (July 2009 est,)
Past elections
- Presidential - September 1, 2009
- Parliamentary - September 2, 2008
- Parliamentary
First Round - July 5, 2004 - Presidential - April 8, 2004
- Parliamentary - April 30, 2002
- Legislative - March 6, 1998
Last Updated on 02/04/2010
