People's Action Party | |
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President | Mark Sarong [1] |
Secretary | Simon Bole [1] |
Founder | Ted Diro |
Founded | 1987 |
Political position | Centre-right |
National Parliament | 0 / 111 |
The People's Action Party is a right-of-centre political party in Papua New Guinea.
It was founded prior to the 1987 election by former Leader of the Opposition Ted Diro. [2]
At the 2002 election, the party won 5 out of 109 seats in total (with 5% of the vote in total). At the 2007 election, the party won 6 seats. It supported the government of Prime Minister Michael Somare.
In October 2011, four PAP MPs, including then-leader Gabriel Kapris, defected to the Papua New Guinea Party. [3] The party won no seats at the 2012 election. [4] In July 2012, the party was reported to have "disintegrated" following the Kapris defection. [5]
The party has not received any media coverage since 2012; however, it had registered to contest the 2017 election. [6]
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