2020 general elections

According to the Election Coordination team in Luganville, only 38% of the 16,523 registered voters cast their votes.

The team says the poor turnout was worse compared to the 2016 snap elections.

Voting was held Thursday for two seats out of the 52 member Parliament.

Although many voters turned up early on polling stations, voters came only in very small numbers and around 10am all the polling stations were empty.

In a press conference today, Opposition leader Ishmael Kalsakau confirmed 14 MPs are on his side of the opposition and 10 have added their signatures in the solidarity agreement while 4, who are either in their respective constituencies or overseas, have agreed to sign-up when they arrive in the capital for the Special Parliamentary session on Thursday this week.

In the current makeup, components of the opposition bloc are Melanesian Progressive Party, Union of Moderate Parties, Iauko Group, the People’s Service Party and an independent.