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James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea

11 December 2020

What it takes to change a prime minister in PNG

by Michael Kabuni

PNG’s elections: too popular for their own good

22 October 2020

PNG’s elections: too popular for their own good

by Maholopa Laveil

People gather for the 2017 PNG elections (Terence Wood)

16 September 2020

PNG: where voter turnout is too high

by Maholopa Laveil

Election officials sort votes during PNG’s 2017 national election (Commonwealth Secretariat, CC BY-NC 2.0)

5 August 2020

Improving the roll will be crucial for fair elections in PNG

by Maholopa Laveil

24 October 2019

If at first you don’t succeed… does standing more than once help women in PNG elections?

by Terence Wood and Thomas Wangi

Books of ballot papers (Commonwealth Secretariat/Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0)

15 September 2017

What can Australia do to help with elections in PNG?

by Terence Wood

(image: Terence Wood)

13 September 2017

Improving elections in PNG

by Terence Wood

Election Day 2017 (image: Terence Wood)

7 September 2017

What’s the matter with elections in PNG?

by Terence Wood

PNG EC gadget screenshot

29 August 2017

The Great Electoral Commission Gadget White Elephant

by Jon Fraenkel

2017 election posters, Lae (image: Terence Wood)

4 August 2017

Winners and losers in the 2017 PNG elections

by Terence Wood

PNG election 2017 (image: Terence Wood)

18 July 2017

Incumbency in Papua New Guinea: the minuses and pluses

by Bill Standish

Getting feedback from a scrutineer about names missing from a roll (Commonwealth Secretariat/Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0)

5 July 2017

Disenfranchised at high price: PNG’s electoral roll woes

by Sam Koim

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