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.infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; border-top: 2px solid green; border-bottom: 2px solid green"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">National Parliament of Papua New Guinea</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea,_2022%E2%80%932027" title="Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2022–2027">11th Parliament</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Logo_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea.png" decoding="async" width="173" height="82" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="173" data-file-height="82" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid green; border-bottom: 2px solid green">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">Unicameral</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Term limits</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid green; border-bottom: 2px solid green">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1964</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid green; border-bottom: 2px solid green">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Monarchy of Papua New Guinea">Monarch</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a> <br />since 8 September 2022 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Governor-General of Papua New Guinea">Governor-General</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dadae" title="Bob Dadae">Bob Dadae</a> <br />since 28 February 2017 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea">Speaker</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Job_Pomat" title="Job Pomat">Job Pomat</a> <br />since 2 August 2017 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea">Prime Minister</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/James_Marape" title="James Marape">James Marape</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pangu_Pati" title="Pangu Pati">Pangu</a> <br />since 30 May 2019 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Papua New Guinea)">Leader of the Opposition</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lelang" title="Joseph Lelang">Joseph Lelang</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Congress_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea)">PNC</a> <br />since 12 August 2022<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid green; border-bottom: 2px solid green">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>118</b> (96 open electorates and 22 provincial electorates)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea_-_11th_Term.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea_-_11th_Term.svg/250px-National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea_-_11th_Term.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea_-_11th_Term.svg/375px-National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea_-_11th_Term.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea_-_11th_Term.svg/500px-National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea_-_11th_Term.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="977" data-file-height="584" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Papua New Guinea">Government</a> (102)</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#50C201; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Pangu_Pati" title="Pangu Pati">Pangu Pati</a> (42)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F0E91A; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_Resources_Party" title="United Resources Party">United Resources</a> (12)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> (8)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFD700; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea)">National Alliance</a> (4)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#87E86A; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="People's Party (Papua New Guinea)">People's Party</a> (4)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF1900; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Social Democratic Party (Papua New Guinea)">Social Democratic</a> (4)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FA000C; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_First_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="People's First Party (Papua New Guinea)">People's First</a> (4)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#2F8814; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="National Party (Papua New Guinea)">National Party</a> (3)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFEF00; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_Party" title="Papua New Guinea Party">PNG Party</a> (3)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F79122; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_Labour_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="United Labour Party (Papua New Guinea)">United Labour</a> (3)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D05322; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Advance_PNG_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advance PNG Party (page does not exist)">Advance PNG</a> (2)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1F509F; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberal_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liberal Party (Papua New Guinea) (page does not exist)">Liberal Party</a> (2)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#233F92; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Allegiance_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Allegiance Party (Papua New Guinea)">Allegiance Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bryan_Jared_Kramer" title="Bryan Jared Kramer">1</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_Greens" title="Papua New Guinea Greens">Green Party</a> (1)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C78919; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Melanesian_Alliance_Party" title="Melanesian Alliance Party">Melanesian Alliance</a> (1)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFD700; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Generation_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="New Generation Party (Papua New Guinea)">New Generation</a> (1)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F1A10F; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Our_Development_Party" title="Our Development Party">Our Development</a> (<a href="/wiki/Puka_Temu" title="Puka Temu">1</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E42716; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Labour_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="People's Labour Party (Papua New Guinea)">People's Labour</a> (<a href="/wiki/Luther_Wenge" title="Luther Wenge">1</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#147420; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Movement_for_Change" title="People's Movement for Change">PMC Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gary_Juffa" title="Gary Juffa">1</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#292635; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Congress_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea)">PNC Party</a> (1)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EB5A4A; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Progress_Party" title="People's Progress Party">People's Progress</a> (<a href="/wiki/Julius_Chan" title="Julius Chan">1</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E40613; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Reform_Party_(Papua_New_Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="People's Reform Party (Papua New Guinea) (page does not exist)">People's Reform</a> (1)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#031B65; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Papua_New_Guinea_Destiny_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Papua New Guinea Destiny Party (page does not exist)">Destiny Party</a> (1)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#018FBB; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Triumph_Heritage_Empowerment_Party" title="Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party">THE Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Don_Polye" title="Don Polye">1</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>Opposition (13)</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#292635; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Congress_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea)">PNC Party</a> (13)</li></ul> <p><b>Other (3)</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> Vacant Seats (3) <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid green; border-bottom: 2px solid green">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Limited <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">instant-runoff voting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_Papua_New_Guinean_general_election" title="2022 Papua New Guinean general election">9 – 22 July 2022</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Next_Papua_New_Guinean_general_election" title="Next Papua New Guinean general election">2027</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid green; border-bottom: 2px solid green">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papua_New_Guinea_1991-039_Parliament_House,_Port_Moresby_(33351725760).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Papua_New_Guinea_1991-039_Parliament_House%2C_Port_Moresby_%2833351725760%29.jpg/250px-Papua_New_Guinea_1991-039_Parliament_House%2C_Port_Moresby_%2833351725760%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="163" class="mw-file-element" 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</tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Executive</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Papua New Guinea">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea">Prime Minister</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/James_Marape" title="James Marape">James Marape</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Legislature</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">National Parliament</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="List of speakers of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea">Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Job_Pomat" title="Job Pomat">Job Pomat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Papua New Guinea)">Leader of the Opposition</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="List of political parties in Papua New Guinea">Political parties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Elections</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li>Recent <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Elections in Papua New Guinea">elections</a> <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/2012_Papua_New_Guinean_general_election" title="2012 Papua New Guinean general election">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Papua_New_Guinean_general_election" title="2017 Papua New Guinean general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Papua_New_Guinean_general_election" title="2022 Papua New Guinean general election">2022</a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Judiciary</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><dl><dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Court_of_Papua_New_Guinea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Court of Papua New Guinea (page does not exist)">National Court</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea">Supreme 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a 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title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> national legislature in <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>. It was created in 1964 as the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_Papua_and_New_Guinea" title="House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea">House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea</a> but gained its current name after the nation was granted independence in 1975. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition_and_electoral_system">Composition and electoral system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Composition and electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 111 members of parliament serve five-year terms, 89 of whom are chosen from single-member "open" electorates, which are sometimes referred to as "seats" but are officially known as constituencies. The remaining 22 are chosen from single-member provincial electorates: the 20 provinces, the autonomous province of <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Region_of_Bougainville" title="Autonomous Region of Bougainville">Bougainville</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Capital_District_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)">National Capital District</a>. Each provincial member becomes governor of their province unless they take a ministerial position, in which case the governorship passes to an open member of the province.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1964 until 1977 an Optional Preferential Voting System was used.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first past the post</a> system was used from 1977 until 2002. Electoral reforms introduced by former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Mekere_Morauta" title="Mekere Morauta">Mekere Morauta</a> introduced <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">Limited Preferential Voting</a>, in which voters numbered three preferred candidates. LPV was first used nationally in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Papua_New_Guinean_general_election" title="2007 Papua New Guinean general election">2007 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-commrep_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commrep-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As in other <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a>, the party or coalition with the most seats in the parliament is invited by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Governor-General of Papua New Guinea">Governor-General</a> to form a government, and its leader subsequently becomes <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea">Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea</a>. The Prime Minister then appoints his <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Papua New Guinea">cabinet</a> from fellow parliament members. Members of parliament are seated in a similar manner to other <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster system</a> parliaments, but use chairs instead of benches. </p><p>Papua New Guinea has a fractious political culture, and no party in the history of parliament has yet won a majority.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Therefore, negotiations between parties have always been necessary to form governments. New governments are protected from votes of no confidence during their first 18 months and during the last 12 months before a national election. More recently, in a move aimed at further minimizing no-confidence motions, then-Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Mekere_Morauta" title="Mekere Morauta">Mekere Morauta</a> introduced changes that prevented members of the government from voting in favour of such a motion.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>All citizens over the age of 18 may vote, although voting is not compulsory.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latest_election">Latest election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Latest election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea">Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea,_2002%E2%80%932007" title="Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2002–2007">Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2002–2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea,_2007%E2%80%932012" title="Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2007–2012">Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2007–2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea,_2012%E2%80%932017" title="Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2012–2017">Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2012–2017</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Eritrea)" title="National Assembly (Eritrea)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riigikogu" title="Riigikogu">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Fiji" title="Parliament of Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland" title="Parliament of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_the_Gambia" title="National Assembly of the Gambia">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Georgia" title="Parliament of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ghana" title="Parliament of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament" title="Hellenic Parliament">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Guatemala" title="Congress of the Republic of Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Guinea)" title="National Assembly (Guinea)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Assembly_(Guinea-Bissau)" title="National 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(Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Laos" title="National Assembly of Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Lebanon" title="Parliament of Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Libya)" title="House of Representatives (Libya)">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landtag_of_Liechtenstein" title="Landtag of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimas" title="Seimas">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Luxembourg)" title="Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Malawi)" title="National Assembly (Malawi)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Majlis" title="People's Majlis">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Mali)" title="National Assembly (Mali)">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Malta" title="Parliament of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Legislature of the Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritanian_Parliament" title="Mauritanian Parliament">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Mauritius)" title="National Assembly (Mauritius)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Moldova" title="Parliament of Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Monaco)" title="National Council (Monaco)">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Great_Khural" title="State Great Khural">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Montenegro" title="Parliament of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_(Mozambique)" title="Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Nauru" title="Parliament of Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="New Zealand House of Representatives">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Nicaragua)" title="National Assembly (Nicaragua)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Niger)" title="National Assembly (Niger)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_North_Macedonia" title="Assembly of North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storting" title="Storting">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Legislative_Council" title="Palestinian Legislative Council">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Panama)" title="National Assembly (Panama)">Panama</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Peru" title="Congress of the Republic of Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_(Portugal)" title="Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consultative_Assembly_of_Qatar" title="Consultative Assembly of Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Samoa" title="Legislative Assembly of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_and_General_Council" title="Grand and General Council">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)" title="National Assembly (São Tomé and Príncipe)">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consultative_Assembly_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Senegal)" title="National Assembly (Senegal)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Serbia)" title="National Assembly (Serbia)">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Seychelles)" title="National Assembly (Seychelles)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sierra_Leone" title="Parliament of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore" title="Parliament of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Slovakia)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Council (Slovakia)">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Parliament_of_Solomon_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parliament of Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Suriname)" title="National Assembly (Suriname)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riksdag" title="Riksdag">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_Syria" title="People's Assembly of Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Tanzania)" title="National Assembly (Tanzania)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Togo)" title="National Assembly (Togo)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Tonga" title="Legislative Assembly of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Representatives_of_the_People" title="Assembly of the Representatives of the People">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey" title="Grand National Assembly of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Tuvalu" title="Parliament of Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Uganda" title="Parliament of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Vanuatu" title="Parliament of Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_Vatican_City_State" title="Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State">Holy See (Vatican City)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Vietnam)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly (Vietnam)">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Yemen)" title="House of Representatives (Yemen)">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Zambia" title="National Assembly of Zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent and<br />other territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_%C3%85land" title="Parliament of Åland">Åland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_(Anguilla)" title="House of Assembly (Anguilla)">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Aruba" title="Parliament of Aruba">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Azores" title="Legislative Assembly of the Azores">Azores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Cayman_Islands" title="Parliament of the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Parliament of the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Parliament of Curaçao">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B8gting" title="Løgting">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_French_Polynesia" title="Assembly of French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_Parliament" title="Gibraltar Parliament">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inatsisartut" title="Inatsisartut">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Guam" title="Legislature of Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/States_of_Guernsey" title="States of Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong" title="Legislative Council of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/States_Assembly" title="States Assembly">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Madeira" title="Legislative Assembly of Madeira">Madeira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Macau" title="Legislative Assembly of Macau">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Montserrat" title="Legislative Assembly of Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_New_Caledonia" title="Congress of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niue_Assembly" title="Niue Assembly">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Council_(Pitcairn)" title="Island Council (Pitcairn)">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Legislature of the Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Assembly_of_Wallis_and_Futuna" title="Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">Non-UN states</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_Abkhazia" title="People's Assembly of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_of_Kosovo" title="Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_(Northern_Cyprus)" title="Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)">Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_National_Council" title="Sahrawi National Council">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_South_Ossetia" title="Parliament of South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council_(Transnistria)" title="Supreme Council (Transnistria)">Transnistria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Artsakh)" title="National Assembly (Artsakh)">Artsakh (1991–2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Congress_of_the_Confederate_States" title="Provisional Congress of the Confederate States">Confederate States (1861–1862)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Communist_Czechoslovakia)" title="National Assembly (Communist Czechoslovakia)">Czechoslovakia (1948–1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Republic)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)">Irish Republic (1919–1922)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island_Legislative_Assembly" title="Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volksraad_(Orange_Free_State)" title="Volksraad (Orange Free State)">Orange Free State (1854–1902)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland" title="Parliament of Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Parliament" title="Sicilian Parliament">Sicily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Council_(Sikkim)" title="State Council (Sikkim)">Sikkim (1953–1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volksraad_(South_African_Republic)" title="Volksraad (South African Republic)">South African Republic (1857–1902)</a></li></ul> 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