Country Profile:

Vanuatu

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

Last Updated on 02/04/2010