Page 326 - A READY RECKONER

Vanuatu**

H.E. Edward Kaltamat,
Chairman, VEO

part i part ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
VANUATU
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Unicameral
Republic of Vanuatu
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government Parliament
Parliamentary Republic
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of the State Designation nominated
President Tallis Obed Moses (52 seats; members directly elected in 8 single-
seat and 9multi-seat constituencies by single
5. Head of the Government Designation non-transferable vote to serve 4-year terms
President Tallis Obed Moses (some candidates in multi-seat constituencies

6. Capital can be elected with as little as 4 percent of the
Port-Vila (on Efate) vote)
7. Currency 4. Popular House
Vanuatu vatu Parliament
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Melanesian 99.2%, non-Melanesian 0.8% 5. Type of Electoral System
(2016 est.) Single non-transferable vote or SNTV
9. Date of Independence and from which Country part iii
Independence Day, 30 July (1980) ELECtorAL sYstEM
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
30 July 1980 ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

11. Language (s)
local languages (more than 100) 63.2%, Bislama 1. Name of the EMB(S)
(official; creole) 33.7%, English (official) 2%, French The Vanuatu Electoral Office (VEO)
(official) 0.6%, other 0.5% (2009 est.)
2. Website Address
12. Literacy Levels https://electoral.gov.vu/
85.1 %

**Draft. EMB has been requested to update the draft. Response awaited. AU-6 306

00 A-WEB Book-1.indb 306 18-09-2020 15:42:47