General Information
At stake in this election:
- 52 seats in the Parliament
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Iolu Johnson ABIL *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Sato KILMAN
- 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 an electoral college to serve a 5-year term.
- Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
- In the Parliament 52 members are elected by single non-transferable vote to serve 4-year terms.***
*** There are 17 multi-member constituencies.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: Our Land Party / Vanua’aku Pati (VP)
- Leader: Edward NATAPEI
- Seats won in last election: 11
- Party: National United Party (NUP)
- Leader: Ham LINI
- Seats won in last election: 8
- Party: Union of Moderate Parties (UMP)
- Leader: Rialuth Serge VOHOR
- Seats won in last election: 7
- Party: Vanuatu Republican Party (VRP) / Parti Républicain de Vanuatu
- Leader: Marcellino PIPITE
- Seats won in last election: 7
- Party: People’s Progressive Party (PPP) / Parti Progressiste Popula
- Leader: Sato KILMAN
- Seats won in last election: 4
- Alliance: Confederation of Greens (CG)
- Leader: Moana CARCASSES Kalosil
- Seats won in last election: 2
- Party: Labour Party (VLP) / Leba Pati
- Leader: Joshua KALSAKAU
- Seats won in last election: 1
- Party: Land and Justice Party / Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP)
- Leader: Ralph REGENVANU
- Seats won in last election: N/A
- Party: Melanesian Progressive Party (MPP)
- Leader: Barak SOPÉ
- Seats won in last election: 1
- Party: Reunification of Movements for Change (RMC) / Namangi Aute
- Leader: Paul TELUKLUK
- Seats won in last election: 1
- Party: Vanuatu Democratic Party
- Leader: Maxime Carlot KORMAN
- Seats won in last election: N/A
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 256,155 (July 2012 est.)
- Registered Voters: 192,632 (October 2012)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 121,991 (2012)
· Is Vanuatu a signatory to CEDAW: No
· Has Vanuatu ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (8 September 1995)
· Gender Quota: No
· Female candidates in this election: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 0 (following the 2012 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 134 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A
Disability Data:
· Is Vanuatu a signatory to CRPD: Yes (17 May 2007)
· Has Vanuatu ratified CRPD: Yes (23 October 2008)
· Population with a disability: 38,423 (est.)