{"iso":"VU","name":"Vanuatu","flag":"\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddfa","vote":"Parliament vote \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2025-01-16","source":"2025 election result, official count","credit":"No polling record exists, so this entry shows the January 2025 snap general election vote, official results as published by the Vanuatu Electoral Office. Elections are free and competitive, the vote is fragmented across many parties under single non-transferable vote rules, and shifting coalitions produce frequent changes of government. The next general election is due in 2029.","shares":{"UMP":15.5,"VP":14.7,"RMC":11.7,"LPV":11.1,"GJP":6.6,"IG":6.4,"RDP":5.5,"IND":9.2},"polls":[],"parties":{"UMP":{"name":"Union des Partis Mod\u00e9r\u00e9s","color":"#02A0E9","name_en":"Union of Moderate Parties"},"VP":{"name":"Vanua'aku Pati","color":"#008400"},"RMC":{"name":"Rassemblement des Mouvements pour le Changement","color":"#F16A26","name_en":"Reunification Movement for Change"},"LPV":{"name":"Leaders Party of Vanuatu","color":"#3DAB48"},"GJP":{"name":"Graon mo Jastis Pati","color":"#DC261B","name_en":"Land and Justice Party"},"IG":{"name":"Iauko Group","color":"#6796B2"},"RDP":{"name":"Rural Development Party","color":"#14BED7"},"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#888888"}},"primer":{"system":"Parliamentary republic","head_of_state":"President Nikenike Vurobaravu, elected by an electoral college of parliament and provincial presidents","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Jotham Napat (Leaders Party)","legislature":"Parliament, unicameral, 52 members serving four-year terms.","electoral_system":"Single non-transferable vote in multi-member constituencies.","government_now":"Napat was elected prime minister in February 2025 at the head of a multi-party coalition formed after the snap election.","context":"The snap vote came weeks after a deadly earthquake devastated Port Vila and followed years of no-confidence churn. A 2024 referendum approved anti-defection amendments meant to stabilise governments. An indirect presidential election is due in 2027.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"UMP":["Union des Partis Mod\u00e9r\u00e9s","Union of Moderate Parties","Long-established francophone-leaning centrist party, once a dominant force in Vanuatu; now a smaller player with 6 seats."],"VP":["Vanua'aku Pati","Our Land Party","Anglophone centre-left party that led Vanuatu to independence in 1980; now a senior partner in the governing coalition with 7 seats."],"RMC":["Rassemblement des Mouvements pour le Changement","Reunification Movement for Change","Centrist party led by former prime minister Charlot Salwai; holds 5 seats and sits in the governing coalition."],"LPV":["Leaders Party of Vanuatu","","Party of current prime minister Jotham Napat; the largest single party with 9 seats, leading the coalition government."],"GJP":["Graon mo Jastis Pati","Land and Justice Party","Progressive land-rights and anti-corruption party led by Ralph Regenvanu; 5 seats and part of the governing coalition."],"IG":["Iauko Group","","Tanna-island-based party named for the late MP Harry Iauko; holds 6 seats as a coalition partner."],"RDP":["Rural Development Party","","Party focused on rural development interests; won 6 seats."],"IND":["Independents","","MPs elected without a party label; one independent sits in the current parliament, whose politics runs more on personality and region than ideology."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Parliament","as_of":"2025 election","total":52,"seats":{"LPV":9,"VP":7,"IG":6,"RDP":6,"UMP":6,"RMC":5,"GJP":5,"IND":1}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2029","title":"Vanuatuan general election","chamber":"Parliament","type":"expected"}}