Vanua'aku Pati
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My Land Party Vanua'aku Pati | |
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left-wing | |
Colours | Green Red Black |
Slogan | Seli Hoo (lit. 'pull together') |
Parliament | 7 / 52 |
Port Vila Municipal Council | 4 / 18 |
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Website | |
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Formerly New Hebridean Cultural Association (1971) New Hebrides National Party (1971–1977) |
The Vanua'aku Pati (lit. 'My Land Party')
History
The party was founded on 17 August 1971 by
After the 1991 elections, the party lost its dominance over the government. Despite this, the party remained strong. During the next decade, as party members
After multiple attempts to remove Natapei, he was forced out by a vote of no confidence on 2 December 2010, replaced by opposition leader Sato Kilman.[3] Natapei was temporarily reinstated on 16 June 2011 when the Supreme Court of Vanuatu ruled Kilman's election as prime minister violated the Vanuatu constitution. A new election was held on 26 June of that year, in which Kilman was reinstated.
The party lost three seats in the parliamentary elections of 30 October 2012; however, it remained the largest single party in parliament.[4] Following Kilman's resignation in 2013 the party joined the governing coalition, first with Edward Natapei as vice Prime Minister in Moana Carcasses Kalosil's cabinet[5] and then in 2014 with Joe Natuman becoming Prime Minister himself.[6] His government lasted just one year, after which 3 MPs crossed the floor allowing Sato Kilman to take back the office.[7]
In the 2016 election the party lost two more seats, becoming the second biggest party tied with UMP. The VP initially joined Charlot Salwai's government coalition that emerged after the election,[8] but it was replaced by the Leaders Party of Vanuatu in a cabinet reshuffle that took place in 2018.[9]
In the 2020 election the party won 7 seats, one more than in 2016, but remained the second biggest party. Despite that its new leader, Bob Loughman, was appointed Prime Minister,[10] a position that he kept until August 2022, when he asked the President to dissolve the Parliament to avoid a no-confidence vote.[11] As a result of the subsequent snap election the party retained all of its seats but ended up in the opposition of the newly formed government, led by Bob Loughman's former vice PM Ishmael Kalsakau.[12]
The name of the Vanua'aku Party means "Party of My land" in English (from the word vanua). It supports socialist economic policies and is mostly supported by English speakers.
Election results
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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1975 | Walter Lini | 27,978 | 54.19 (#1) | 17 / 29
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New | Opposition |
1977 | Boycotted | 0 / 38
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17 | Extra-parliamentary | ||
1979 | 28,636 | 60.77 (#1) | 25 / 39
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25 | Majority | |
1983 | 24,313 | 55.05 (#1) | 24 / 39
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1 | Majority | |
1987 | 26,617 | 47.28 (#1) | 26 / 46
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2 | Majority | |
1991 | Donald Kalpokas | 14,058 | 22.61 (#2) | 10 / 46
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16 | Opposition |
1995 | 23,911 | 31.45 (#1) | 13 / 50
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3 | Opposition | |
1998 | 14,467 | 20.98 (#1) | 18 / 52
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5 | Coalition | |
2002 | Edward Natapei | 13,509 | 17.07 (#1) | 14 / 52
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4 | Coalition |
2004 | 12,819 | 13.90 (#2) | 8 / 52
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6 | Coalition | |
2008 | 15,479 | 14.71 (#1) | 11 / 52
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3 | Coalition | |
2012 | 13,593 | 11.29 (#2) | 8 / 52
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3 | Coalition | |
2016 | Joe Natuman | 13,463 | 11.91 (#1) | 6 / 52
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2 | Coalition |
2020 | Bob Loughman | 17,460 | 12.12 (#2) | 7 / 52
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1 | Coalition |
2022 | 20,511 | 15.50 (#1) | 7 / 52
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0 | Opposition |
References
- ^ "Vanuatu lawmakers elect Natapei as prime minister". Associated Press. International Herald Tribune. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- ^ "The political parties and groupings of Vanuatu" (PDF). August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Vanuatu's Natapei ousted in no confidence challenge". radionz.co.nz. 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ^ "Republic of Vanuatu Election for Parliament". International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ^ "Vanuatu MPs select Greens’ leader as new prime minister", Radio New Zealand International, 23 March 2013
- ^ "Natuman names cabinet line-up" Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Vanuatu Digest, 16 May 2014
- ^ "Vanuatu announces new cabinet after new prime minister Sato Kilman is elected", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 12 June 2015
- ^ "New Govt committed to change, announces Cabinet" Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Vanuatu Daily Digest, 12 February 2016
- ^ Willie, Royson. "VP out, LPV in". Daily Post. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Vanuatu's new PM appoints his new Cabinet Radio New Zealand, 21 April 2020
- ^ Hawkins, Koroi (19 August 2022). "Vanuatu president dissolves parliament". RNZ. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Manassah, Kiery (11 November 2022). "Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau's opportunity to write his own story". DevPolicy Blog. Retrieved 11 December 2022.