2009 Vanuatuan by-elections

Four by-elections to the Parliament of Vanuatu were held in 2009 to fill seven vacant seats.

Efate

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The by-election was held in the constituency of Efate on 6 August 2009, after a Supreme Court ruling removed four MPs from Parliament because they had either used inducements to win their seats, or had won due to electoral irregularities.[1]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Pakoa KaltongaVanua'aku Pati1,51514.86
Steven KalsakauUnion of Moderate Parties1,0159.96
Alfred Rolland CarlotVanuatu Republican Party9869.67
Joshua KalsakauVanuatu Labour Party9429.24
Jimmy Luna TasongIndependent9259.07
Barak SopéMelanesian Progressive Party8278.11
Kalmele MataiVanua'aku Pati7427.28
Roro SamboAlliance6366.24
William MalasNational Community Association5945.83
Andrew SamuelTraditional Kavening Authority4504.41
Ephraim KalsakauIndependent4104.02
Harry Man KalsongVanuatu Democratic Protection Party2882.83
Eric Pakoa MarkiwolaIndependent2362.32
Lilly LuiIndependent1791.76
Warewo Rave ChiliaNational United Party1381.35
Joel KaltangAlliance1351.32
Jean Pierre SerelIndependent1171.15
Hendon KalsakauIndependent590.58
Total10,194100.00
Valid votes10,19498.87
Invalid/blank votes1161.13
Total votes10,310100.00
Registered voters/turnout21,28248.44
Source: [2]

The by-election was held in the constituency of Epi on 5 February 2009, after Leinavao Tasso was removed after being accused of bribing voters.[3]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ioane Simon OmawaIndependent65125.78
Leinavao TassoVanua'aku Pati63825.27
John Roy NilIndependent61724.44
Isabelle DonaldIndependent30111.92
Seule SimeonVanuatu National Party2208.71
Joe JimmyShepherds Alliance983.88
Total2,525100.00
Valid votes2,52598.40
Invalid/blank votes411.60
Total votes2,566100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,43774.66
Source: [4]

Southern Islands

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The by-election was held in the constituency of the Southern Islands on 15 December 2009.[5]

The constituency covers four of the five islands of Tafea Province (Aniwa, Futuna, Erromango and Anatom, excluding only Tanna). It elects a single representative to Vanuatu. The by-election was due to the death of sitting MP Ture Kailo, of the Vanua'aku Party, who had died suddenly in October while attending a seminar organised by the Australian government in Canberra.[5]

The seat was retained by the Vanua'aku Party; its candidate, Philip Charley, finished "well ahead" of the candidates from the Union of Moderate Parties and the National United Party.[5]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Philip Charley NorwoVanua'aku Pati92952.57
Tomkor NetvuneiUnion of Moderate Parties44625.24
Marsel Wilson ManuaNational United Party39222.18
Total1,767100.00
Valid votes1,76799.66
Invalid/blank votes60.34
Total votes1,773100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,36974.84
Source: [6]

Tanna

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The by-election was held in the constituency of Tanna on 30 April 2009, after a Supreme Court ruling removed Judah Issac after he was found guilty of bribery.[7]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Willie LopPeople's Progressive Party3,24434.90
Tom IerongenVanua'aku Pati2,84530.61
Sabi NantongaNational Community Association1,97121.21
Judah IssacVanuatu Republican Party6346.82
Kasipai SongIndependent5896.34
Walu SharkIndependent110.12
Total9,294100.00
Valid votes9,29497.34
Invalid/blank votes2542.66
Total votes9,548100.00
Registered voters/turnout21,50044.41
Source: [8]

References

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  1. ^ "August 6th set for by-election for four MPs in Vanuatu's Efate Rural constituency". RNZ. 29 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette No. 28" (PDF). 10 August 2009.
  3. ^ van Trease, Howard (2010). "Vanuatu". The Contemporary Pacific. 22 (2). Project MUSE: 467–476. doi:10.1353/cp.2010.0038. ISSN 1527-9464.
  4. ^ "Extraordinary Gazette No. 1" (PDF). Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette. 9 February 2009.
  5. ^ a b c "Vanuaku Pati candidate wins Vanuatu by-election", Pacific Islands News Association, 17 December 2009
  6. ^ "Extraordinary Gazette No. 3" (PDF). Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette. 8 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Tanna by-election to be held in Vanuatu". RNZ. 10 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette No. 18" (PDF). 11 May 2009.