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1993 Solomon Islands general election
Solomon Islands
←  1989 26 May 1993 1997 →

All 47 seats in the National Parliament
24 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
SIGNUR Francis Billy Hilly 23.04 20 New
People's Alliance Solomon Mamaloni 16.40 9 −14
NAPSI 13.08 3 New
United Party 10.50 3 −1
NFP 9.65 3 0
CFG 4 New
Labour 1 −1
Independents 27.33 4 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Solomon Mamaloni
People's Alliance
Francis Billy Hilly
SIGNUR

General elections were held in the Solomon Islands on 26 May 1993. [1] A record total of 280 candidates contested the election, [2] the result of which was a landslide victory for the new SIGNUR party, which won 20 of the 47 seats. However, it failed to achieve a majority in Parliament, and its leader, Solomon Mamaloni, was defeated in the election for Prime Minister by Francis Billy Hilly.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
SIGNUR28,47323.0420New
People's Alliance Party20,26716.409–14
National Action Party Solomon Islands16,16913.083New
Solomon Islands United Party12,97310.503–1
National Front for Progress11,9229.6530
Christian Fellowship Group4New
Solomon Islands Labour Party1–1
Independents33,77727.3340
Total123,581100.0047+9
Registered voters/turnout165,620
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p801 ISBN  0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Solomon Islands Inter-Parliamentary Union