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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 30 June 2007 to 14 July 2007.〔(Voting in PNG elections draws to close ), ABC Radio Australia, 14 July 2007.〕 For the first time, the election did not use first past the post (which has in the past resulted in a very volatile political system, with the election of a candidate being largely a matter of chance due to the large number of candidates), but rather Limited Preferential Voting, in which voters number their three most preferred candidates.〔(Limited Preferential Voting )〕 PNG Police reported three deaths caused by election-related violence during the election period, a large decrease in the 100 deaths which occurred during the 2002 elections. 11,000 police officers and soldiers were deployed throughout the country to police the elections and keep the peace.〔(Voting ends in Papua New Guinea election ), ''Gulf Times'', 15 July 2007.〕 Originally scheduled to end on 10 July, it was decided that the elections would be extended by five days due to delays in transporting ballot boxes caused by bad weather.〔Cooney, Campbell: (PNG polling extended ), Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 9 July 2007.〕 ==Turnout and results== (詳細はABC Radio Australia reported that nearly four million votes were cast out of Papua New Guinea's population of about six million.〔 Early results on 15 July indicated that incumbent Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare's National Alliance Party was picking up more seats than other parties of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea's 109 seats.〔(Somare holds early lead in PNG poll ), ''The West Australian'', 15 July 2007.〕 Final results were largely completed by 6 August, the deadline for the return of writs. Counting in two seats was extended for a few days due to legal challenges halting the counting process. The previous deadline was 30 July,〔(PNG Electoral Commission electoral timetable ), retrieved on 30 July 2007.〕 but this was extended due to delays caused by bad weather and disruption of counting by some candidates and scrutineers. In addition to the seats won by the National Alliance Party directly, thirteen independents joined the party after the election. Together with its coalition partners (which include the People's Action Party, the United Resources Party, the Pangu Party, the National Party, the Melanesian Liberal Party and the Melanesian Alliance Party) the National Alliance Party had the support of a substantial majority of the newly elected Members of Parliament.〔(People's Daily Online - PNG PM's party to form new government following election )〕 A hundred women had stood as candidates. Only one, Dame Carol Kidu, was elected, for the Port Moresby South constituency.〔("Women call for change in perception" ), Lora Lini, ''Vanuatu Daily Post'', February 4, 2009〕〔("Cover Story/ A FIGHTER WITH A DIFFERENCE: Dame Carol Kidu: Our 2007 Person of the Year" ), ''Islands Business''〕 On Monday 13 August 2007, the first sitting of Parliament after the election took place. Jeffrey Nape was re-elected as Speaker of the House, and Sir Michael Somare was once again elected to be the country's Prime Minister, winning 86 votes in the 109-seat Parliament. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Papua New Guinean general election, 2007」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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