Elections in Solomon Islands

Elections in Solomon Islands gives information on election and election results in Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands elects on national level a legislature. The National Parliament has 50 members, elected for a four-year term in single-seat constituencies.

The Solomon Islands have a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone. Parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo lost his seat in the Gizo-Kolombangara constituency, losing to his nephew Jimson Tanangada of the United Democratic Party.

As nearly two-thirds of the MPs returned are independent and the incumbent Prime Minister lost his seat, negotiations began to form a coalition government and select a new Prime Minister.

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