AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA
Conrad Omodiagbe
Frank Bainimarama Set to Win Re-Election as Fiji’s Prime Minister
The odds appear to be in favour of Fiji’s incumbent Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, as early projections (based on provisional counts) place his FijiFirst party in the lead, despite the delays experienced due to bad weather. Ascending to power following a bloodless coup in the Oceanian nation in 2006, Bainimarama has had the country’s top […]
The Election Network
Vanuatu’s Snap Elections
52 seats were at stake in Vanuatu’s parliamentary election. In the Parliament, fifty-two members are elected in 8-single seat and 10-multi seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve a four-year term. In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. The candidates with the most […]
The Election Network
Samoa’s Ruling Party Wins General Election in Landslide Victory
The polls opened in Samoa on March 4, 2016, for the general elections to elect members of Parliament. The elections saw the opposition struggle to win the necessary seats to qualify as a party in the Parliament. The Tautua Samoa Party (TSP) had a crucial need to win eight seats in Parliament in order to […]
The Election Network
Kiribati Has A New President
The Republic of Kiribati officially elected Taneti Maamau as the new President. Kiribati’s Chief Justice, Sir John Muria declared him as the new President. Kiribati has a two-party system, meaning two dominant political parties and extreme difficulty for other parties to win national elections in the country. A distinguishing feature of its electoral system […]