Papua New Guinea parliamentary constituencies

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Papua New Guinea parliamentary constituencies are the electoral districts that each elect a representative to the country’s unicameral National Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district system ⓘ
political division ⓘ
administeredBy Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission ⓘ
alsoUsedFor by-elections ⓘ
ballotType ranked-choice ballot (limited to three preferences) ⓘ
category Electoral districts in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Politics of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
continent Australia and Oceania ⓘ
linked to: Oceania
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
elect Members of Parliament of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
electionMethod single-member constituencies ⓘ
electoralRollMaintainedBy Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission ⓘ
firstElectionYearUnderCurrentSystem 2007 ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
haveBoundaryReviewsBy Papua New Guinea Electoral Boundaries Commission ⓘ
headOfStateContext constitutional monarchy ⓘ
impactOn composition of the National Executive Council of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
includeType open electorates ⓘ
provincial electorates ⓘ
languageOfOfficialAdministration English ⓘ
legalBasis Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections ⓘ
Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments ⓘ
legislativeBody National Parliament of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral parliament ⓘ
level national ⓘ
linkedTo formation of national government in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 111 ⓘ
numberOfOpenElectorates 89 ⓘ
numberOfProvincialElectorates 22 ⓘ
openElectoratesLocatedWithin provinces of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
politicalSystemContext parliamentary democracy ⓘ
previousVotingSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
previousVotingSystemChangeYear 2002 ⓘ
provincialElectoratesCorrespondTo provinces of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
relatedTo Papua New Guinea local-level government wards ⓘ
Papua New Guinea provinces ⓘ
represent geographic areas of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
population of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
sovereignState Independent State of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Papua New Guinea
subdivisionOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
subjectTo electoral laws of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfVoters citizens of Papua New Guinea aged 18 or over ⓘ
usedFor election of members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
usedIn national general elections in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
votingSystem limited preferential voting ⓘ

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