Vanuatu National Development Party

Vanuatu National Development Party
Leader	Christophe Emelee
Founded	July 2014
Parliament	0 / 52
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The Vanuatu National Development Party (VNDP) is a political party in Vanuatu.

History

The VNDP was formed by Christophe Emelee (an MP for the Vanuatu National Party) and Robert Bohn (leader of the Vanuatu Peoples Development Party) in 2014. ^[1]

In the 2016 elections the party fielded thirteen candidates, ^[2] winning two seats; Emelee in Torres and Jack Wona in Banks. ^[3] In 2018, following a reshuffle in Charlot Salwai's cabinet, the party managed to enter the government with Christophe Emelee being appointed Minister for Public Utilities. ^[4] In the 2020 election the party retained only Emelee's seat and remained in the opposition of Bob Loughman's government. ^[5] Following the 2022 election the VNDP rose back to 2 seats and Christophe Emelee was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in Ishmael Kalsakau's cabinet. ^[6]

Election results

Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2016	Christophe Emelee	4,942	4.37 (#7)	2 / 52	New	Opposition
2020		2,102	1.46 (#15)	1 / 52	1	Coalition
2022		1,624	1.23 (#13)	2 / 52	1	Coalition
2025		1,849	1.27 (#14)	0 / 52	2	Extra-parliamentary

References

1. Vanuatu political party leaders team up Radio New Zealand, 8 July 2014
2. Final candidate list for the 2016 General Election Vanuatu Daily, 11 January 2016
3. Unofficial results Vanuatu Daily Post, 25 January 2016
4. Willie, Royson (17 June 2019). "VP out, LPV in". Daily Post. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
5. Vanuatu's new PM appoints his new Cabinet Radio New Zealand, 21 April 2020
6. Manassah, Kiery (11 November 2022). "Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau's opportunity to write his own story". DevPolicy Blog. Retrieved 11 December 2022.