The Vanuatu Parliament ( National Assembly ) is the legislative body of the country. Vanuatu is a parliamentary republic, so the role of parliament is great, it elects a prime minister, and also makes up the bulk of the electoral college, which elects a president for a term of 5 years. The parliament is unicameral, currently consists of 52 people. Elected for 4 years by universal suffrage in single-member districts. Since 1991, not a single party has been gaining an absolute majority of votes sufficient to form a government; therefore, parties create coalitions. More and more parties take place with every parliamentary election: from 2 in 1979 to 10 in 2004 . The last elections were held on July 6, 2004 .
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The speaker of the parliament is the acting president from the end of the term of office of the previous to the election of the next.
Composition of the current parliament
| Parties and Blocks | Vote | % | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
VP-VNUP
| . | 18 | |
| Union of moderate parties | . | 9 | |
| Republican Party of Vanuatu | . | four | |
| Confederation of Greens | . | 3 | |
| People's Progressive Party | . | 3 | |
| Melanesian Progressive Party | . | 2 | |
| National Community Association | . | 2 | |
| Popular Party | . | one | |
| Namangi Auti | . | one | |
| Non-partisan | - | . | 9 |
| Total | 52 | ||
| Source: IPU | |||
The results of the early parliamentary elections in Vanuatu on January 22, 2016
| The consignment | Vote | % | Places | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanuaku Party | 13,463 | 11.91 | 6 | –2 | |
| Union of moderate parties | 10,999 | 9.73 | 6 | +1 | |
| Party of Land and Justice | 8 376 | 7.41 | 7 | +3 | |
| National united party | 6 196 | 5.48 | four | 0 | |
| People's Progressive Party | 5,469 | 4.84 | one | -five | |
| Jauco Group | 4 979 | 4.40 | four | +1 | |
| Vanuatu National Development Party | 4 942 | 4.37 | 2 | new | |
| Vanuatu Presidential Party | 4,234 | 3.74 | one | +1 | |
| Nagriamel | 4 128 | 3.65 | 3 | 0 | |
| Namangi Auti | 3,887 | 3.44 | 3 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of the Indigenous People Natatok | 3 024 | 2.67 | one | -one | |
| Confederation of Greens | 2 851 | 2,52 | 2 | -one | |
| Vanuatu Leader Party | 2,459 | 2.17 | one | new | |
| Republican Party of Vanuatu | 1 975 | 1.75 | 0 | -one | |
| Labor Party Vanuatu | 1,780 | 1,57 | one | +1 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party of Vanuatu | 1,565 | 1.38 | 0 | -one | |
| Friendly Melanesian Party | 1,465 | 1.30 | one | +1 | |
| Vanuatu National Party | 1,284 | 1.14 | 0 | -one | |
| Union for Change | 1,261 | 1.12 | 0 | new | |
| Party of hope | 1,180 | 1,04 | 0 | new | |
| Serving People Party | 1,032 | 0.91 | one | 0 | |
| Melanesian Progressive Party | 992 | 0.88 | 0 | –2 | |
| Moderate alliance | 701 | 0.62 | 0 | new | |
| Vanuatu Progressive Development Party | 597 | 0.53 | 0 | -one | |
| New Vision of Vanuatu in the Democratic Party | 447 | 0.40 | 0 | new | |
| Temperate Tafea Alliance | 429 | 0.38 | 0 | new | |
| Progressive Republican Farmer Party Vanuatu | 355 | 0.31 | 0 | new | |
| United Liberation Front | 327 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of Vanuatu | 327 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leader Party for Change | 322 | 0.28 | 0 | new | |
| Vete Alliance | 306 | 0.27 | 0 | new | |
| Vemarana | 304 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vanuatu party for family | 211 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vanuatu Communal Reform Party | 157 | 0.14 | 0 | new | |
| Popular Party | 80 | 0,07 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Party of Equal Rights Vanuatu | 47 | 0.04 | 0 | new | |
| Democratic Alliance and Liberation Change Party of Vanuatu | eight | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 20 904 | 18.49 | eight | +4 | |
| Invalid / Empty Newsletters | 1,141 | - | - | - | |
| Total | 114 204 | 100 | 52 | 0 | |
| Registered Voters / Turnout | 200 159 | 57.06 | - | - | |
| Source: Vanuatu Daily | |||||