General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 5 and 26 June 1982.King, Peter. 1989. “Parties and Outcomes in the 1982 Elections.” In Pangu Returns to Power: The 1982 Elections in Papua New Guinea, edited by Peter King, 1–26. (Canberra: Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University), pp16–17 The result was a victory for the Pangu Party, which won 51 of the 109 seats. Voter turnout was 52%.

Campaign A total of 1,125 candidates contested the election,Papua New Guinea IPU of which seventeen were women. Only one, Nahau Rooney, was elected. She had been standing for re-election, as had MPs Waliyato Clowes and Josephine Abaijah, who both lost their seats.Sepoe, Orovu, "To make a difference: Realities of women’s participation in Papua New Guinea politics", Development Bulletin, no. 59, 2002, p.40. (Electronic version )

Results Following the elections, several elected MPs changed their party affiliation; the Pangu Party gained ten MPs to hold 61 seats and the National Party gained six MPs to hold 19. The People's Progress Party lost a seat, while the Melanesian Alliance lost two and the United Party lost three. All members of the Diro Independents Group left to join other parties, with no MPs left sitting as independents.Nohlen et al., p774

Aftermath When the newly elected National Parliament met, Michael Somare was elected Prime Minister, defeating John Momis 66–40. Dennis Young was elected Speaker."The Chief" regains his leadership after a bitter PNG campaign Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1982, pp15–17

PositionMemberPrime MinisterMichael SomareDeputy Prime MinisterMinister of National Planning and DevelopmentMinister of Primary IndustryPaias WingtiMinister of Commerce and IndustryKarl StackMinister of Correctional ServicesPundia KangeMinister of Culture and TourismMacKenzie JovokaMinister of DecentralisationJohn NilkareMinister of DefenceEpel TitoMinister of EducationBarry HollowayMinister of Environment and ConservationHalalu MaiMinister of FinancePhilip BouragaMinister of Foreign Relations and TradeRabbie NamaliuMinister of ForestsLukas WakaMinister of HealthMartin TovadekMinister of Home AffairsRoy EvaraMinister of JusticeTony BaisMinister of Labour and EmploymentKaspar AnguaMinister of LandBebes KorowaroMinister of MediaBoyamo SaliMinister of Minerals and EnergyFrancis DidmanMinister of Parliamentary ServicesPita LusMinister of PoliceJohn GihenoMinister of Public ServicesAnthony SiaguruMinister of Public UtilitiesMichael PondrosMinister of Religion, Youth and RecreationTom AwasaMinister of Transport and Civil AviationMatthew BendumbMinister of Urban DevelopmentKala SwokimMinister of Works and SupplyPato Kakarya

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