People's Action Party (Papua New Guinea)

People's Action Party
President	Mark Sarong
Secretary	Simon Bole
Founder	Ted Diro
Founded	1987
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 Opposition Leader Ted Diro.

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. The party won no seats at the 2012 election. In July 2012, the party was reported to have "disintegrated" following the Kapris defection.

The party has not received any media coverage since 2012; however, it is registered to contest the 2017 election.

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