2017 Papua New Guinean general election

General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 24 June and 8 July 2017. The writs for the election were issued on 20 April, and candidate nominations closed on 27 April.

24 June – 8 July 2017

All 111 seats in the National Parliament
56 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
PNC	Peter O'Neill	13.16	28	+1
NAP	Patrick Pruaitch	6.13	15	+8
THE Party	Don Polye	4.10	4	−8
Pangu Pati	Sam Basil	4.08	9	+8
URP	William Duma	3.93	10	+3
PPP	Ben Micah	3.46	5	−1
PNG Party	Belden Namah	2.74	5	−3
National Party	Kerenga Kua	2.36	3	+3
People's Party	Peter Ipatas	1.75	2	−4
SDP	Powes Parkop	1.64	2	−1
PLP	Benedict Simanjuang	1.62	2	+2
United Party	Rimbink Pato	1.41	1	0
One Nation	Peter Numu	1.31	1	New
CDP	Kelly Naru	1.27	1	+1
PDM	Paias Wingti	1.27	1	−1
CRP	Joseph Lelang	1.25	1	−1
PMC	Gary Juffa	0.95	1	−1
MAP	Joseph Yopyyopy	0.81	1	+1
Country Party	Nelson Duabane	0.68	1	0
ODP	Puka Temu	0.45	1	0
MLP	Allan Marat	0.21	1	−1
Independent	–	37.54	14	−2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Peter O'Neill PNC	Peter O'Neill PNC

Politics of Papua New Guinea


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Michael Somare, the first Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, retired as a Member of National Parliament at the election. Somare has served continuously since he was first elected to the pre-independence House of Assembly in 1968, an unbroken term of 49 years.

On 1 August 2017 Peter O'Neill was re-elected as Prime Minister by Parliament by a vote of 64–40.

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