2009 Southern Islands by-election

2009 Southern Islands by-election

15 December 2009

First party Second party Third party   Candidate Phillip Charley Tomkor Netvunei Marsel Manua Party Vanua'aku UMP National United Popular vote 929 446 392 Percentage 52.6% 25.2% 22.2%

MP before election Ture Kailo Vanua'aku Elected MP Phillip Charley Vanua'aku

A by-election was held in the constituency of the Southern Islands in Vanuatu on 15 December 2009.

The constituency covers four of the five islands of Tafea Province (Aniwa, Futuna, Erromango and Anatom, excluding only Tanna). It elects a single representative to Vanuatu. The by-election was due to the death of sitting MP Ture Kailo, of the Vanua'aku Party, who had died suddenly in October while attending a seminar organised by the Australian government in Canberra.

The seat was retained by the Vanua'aku Party; its candidate, Philip Charley, finished "well ahead" of the candidates from the Union of Moderate Parties and the National United Party.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Philip Charley Norwo	Vanua'aku Pati	929	52.57
	Tomkor Netvunei	Union of Moderate Parties	446	25.24
	Marsel Wilson Manua	National United Party	392	22.18
Total			1,767	100.00
Valid votes			1,767	99.66
Invalid/blank votes			6	0.34
Total votes			1,773	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,369	74.84
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