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5. Terms of office Section 100 of the Law, forward to an elector
6 years who has applied for postal vote certificate and
postal ballot-paper a candidate poster where the
6. EMB Members selected by Governor-General Returning Officer considers that the electoris not
familiar with the candidate names or codes.
7. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
Parliamentary election (2) The Electoral Commission may publish
candidate posters on the internet on itswebsite
8. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the for voters living abroad to consult.
Electoral Process in the country
No (3) A postal vote certificate and declaration by an
elector is to be in Form 6.
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation (s)
Electoral Law Regulation 2007 8. Pictures of Electoral Processes/Voter Education
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
1. Total Population as on
8 Million (Feb. 2019)
2. Registered Electors
3. Voter turnout in last National Elections: Total,
Percentage
64.26%
4. Voting Method
Manual marking of Ballots
5. Audit Trail
Not implemented
6. Voting Process
Until the 2002 national elections, Papua New
Guinea was following First-Past-The-Post
system but later the National Parliament made
amendments in Organic Law on National and
Local Level Government Elections and introduced
Limited Preferential Voting in only National
Elections according to which the winner must (C) ELECTION CALENDAR
have the absolute majority (50%+1). On polling
day, a voter has three options to mark as per 1. Last Election Dates
her/his preference by placing the number ‘1’ as 24 June 2017
first preference, ‘2’as second preference and ‘3’
as third preference. The Ballot paper must have 2. Future Election Date
initials of the Presiding Officer before marking and July 2022
dropping it in a ballot box. 3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
No
7. Postal Vote
(1) A Returning Officer may, together with a 4. Compulsory Voting
postal vote certificate and a ballot-paperunder No
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