1983 Vanuatuan general election

General elections were held in Vanuatu on 2 November 1983, the first since independence from France and the United Kingdom (which had governed it as a Condominium) in 1980. The ruling Vanua'aku Pati won 24 seats, while the Union of Moderate Parties won 12. Walter Lini of the Vanua'aku Pati remained Prime Minister.^[1] Voter turnout was 74.9%.^[2]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Vanua'aku Pati	24,313	55.05	24	–2
	Union of Moderate Parties	12,647	28.64	12	+7
	Vanuatu Independent Alliance Party	1,738	3.94	0	New
	Nagriamel	1,254	2.84	1	New
	Namangi Aute	1,159	2.62	1	0
	Friend Melanesian Party	1,014	2.30	1	New
	Independents	2,040	4.62	0	–2
Total		44,165	100.00	39	0

Valid votes		44,165	98.75
Invalid/blank votes		561	1.25
Total votes		44,726	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		59,712	74.90
Source: Nohlen et al., Pacific Islands Monthly

^ MILES, William F.S., Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2048-7, p.24
^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p842 ISBN 0-19-924959-8