The Melanesian Progressive Party is a political party in Vanuatu formed after an internal leadership struggle within the Vanua'aku Pati in the late 1980s. MPP founder, former Prime Minister Barak Sopé , was at that point the secretary general of the VP, and the struggle, as well as his expulsion from the VP and the Parliament for taking part in a protest against the government’s decision to close the Urban Land Corporation (ULC) in April 1988, resulted in him forming the MPP. The party's program is relatively similar to the VP. Despite its small number of seats it has been important in setting up coalition governments since the 1990s.
5-505: At the election held on 30 October 2012, the party won 2 out of 52 seats; it lost one of these in the 2016 election . This Vanuatu -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Oceanian political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2012 Vanuatuan general election General elections were held in Vanuatu on 30 October 2012. The previous elections to
10-528: The conservative Union of Moderate Parties and Sato Kilman of the People's Progressive Party have held that position, with Kilman being the incumbent Prime Minister of Vanuatu at the time of the 2012 election. The 52 members of Parliament will be elected in 17 multi-member constituencies, using the single non-transferable vote . Candidates had to be at least 25 years old, and could not have an undischarged prison sentence or bankruptcy. They also required
15-540: The 52-member Parliament of Vanuatu were held in 2008 . The largest parties in this election were the socialist Vanua'aku Party , which won 11 seats, and the social-democratic National United Party (8 seats). Thirteen other parties as well as four independents won parliamentary seats. As a result, Edward Natapei of the Vanua'aku Party was able to become the Prime Minister . Since then, both Serge Vohor of
20-612: The country, including 12 in the capital city, Port Vila . Over 192,000 citizens were eligible to vote in the 2012 election, with 34,998 registered voters in the capital city. The election was being observed by representatives from Australia , China , the European Union and the United States , as well as the High Commissioner of New Zealand to Vanuatu, Bill Dobie . The international observers will submit
25-485: The support of at least five registered voters in their constituency, and had to put down a non-refundable 50,000 vatu deposit. The President , judges, magistrates, civil servants, police officers, teachers and members of the National Council of Chiefs were all ineligible for election to Parliament. 346 candidates from 32 political parties contested the 52 seats. There were 344 polling stations throughout
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