2017 National General Election dates for Papua New Guinea

The Papua New Guinea National General Election tentative dates was announced by the Electoral Commissioner during a press conference in Port Moresby. The dates are as follows: The following are the tentative dates for Elections; 1. Writs Issues and Nominations (4:00pm) – Thursday 20th April 2017 2. Nomination Close – Thursday 27th April 2017 3. Polling Period Starts – Saturday 24th June 2017 4. Polling Period Ends – Saturday 8th July 2017 5. Return of Writ On or Before – Monday 24th July 2017 6. Return of Writs for LLG Election – Monday 7th August 2017 The Calculation Dates are as follows; · Nomination Period (7) Days – 20th to 27th April 2017 · Campaign Period (8) Weeks – 20th April to 8th July 2017 · Polling Period (14) Days – 24th June to 8th July 2017

Registry promoting Political Parties

The theme for 2016 is promoting Political Parties. At the end of 2015 in the final Learning and Development workshop held in Port Moresby, the Registrar for Political Parties Dr Alphonse Gelu informed the participants and public in general that 2016 was an year of promoting parties and stated that the drive to promote this concept will begin as early as January. Insert is a poster of this promotion that will be feature in the print media as well as banners and pin up posters.