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A by-election for Kaindi constituency was held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 16 July and 15 August 1966. [1]
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A by-election for Kaindi constituency was held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 16 July and 15 August 1966. [1]
In the 1964 general election, the Kaindi seat had been contested by nine candidates. Bill Bloomfield, having run a tactical campaign to earn voters' second preferences, was elected on the eighth count. [2] However, Bloomfield died in February 1966, becoming the first Papua New Guinean politician to die in office. [3]
Five candidates registered to contest the election: [1] [4]
Pacific Islands Monthly reported that the election was expected to be a contest between Omas-Genora and Voutas. [1]
90 polling stations were set up for the by-election, overseen by eight teams of electoral officials. [1] A total of 28,588 voters were registered. [5]
Voutas was elected on first preference votes, receiving 12,333 votes. Voter turnout was around 70%. [5]
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