National Parliament of Solomon Islands | |
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11th Parliament of Solomon Islands | |
Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Patterson Oti since 15 May 2019 | |
Structure | |
Seats | 50 members |
Political groups | |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 3 April 2019 |
Meeting place | |
Solomon Islands Parliament Building, Honiara | |
Website | |
www |
The National Parliament of Solomon Islands has 50 members, elected for a four-year term in 50 single-seat constituencies. [1]
It is presided by a Speaker, currently Patterson Oti. [2]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Solomon Islands Democratic Party | 42,245 | 13.64 | 8 | New | |
Solomon Islands United Party | 32,302 | 10.43 | 2 | New | |
Kadere Party | 29,426 | 9.50 | 8 | +7 | |
United Democratic Party | 25,295 | 8.17 | 4 | –1 | |
Democratic Alliance Party | 19,720 | 6.37 | 3 | –4 | |
People's Alliance Party | 18,573 | 6.00 | 2 | –1 | |
People First Party | 11,419 | 3.69 | 1 | – | |
Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement | 9,878 | 3.19 | 1 | – | |
Pan Melanesian Congress Party | 1,514 | 0.49 | 0 | – | |
Green Party Solomon Islands | 619 | 0.20 | 0 | New | |
New Nation Party | 593 | 0.19 | 0 | – | |
Peoples Progressive Party | 381 | 0.12 | 0 | – | |
National Transformation Party | 4,622 | 1.49 | 0 | – | |
Independents | 113,178 | 36.54 | 21 | –11 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 902 | – | – | – | |
Total | 310,667 | 100 | 50 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 359,523 | 86.41 | – | – | |
Source: Solomon Islands Election Resources |
The official website of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands maintains a list of current members of parliament, with biographical indications, categorised by name, constituency and party. [3]
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