Vanuatu National Development Party

Political party in Vanuatu

Vanuatu National Development Party

Leader| Christophe Emelee
Founded| July 2014
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The Vanuatu National Development Party (VNDP) is a political party in Vanuatu.

## History

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The VNDP was formed by Christophe Emelee (an MP for the Vanuatu National Party) and Robert Bohn (leader of the Vanuatu Peoples Development Party) in 2014.[1]

In the 2016 elections the party fielded thirteen candidates,[2] winning two seats; Emelee in Torres and Jack Wona in Banks.[3] In 2018, following a reshuffle in Charlot Salwai's cabinet, the party managed to enter the government with Christophe Emelee being appointed Minister for Public Utilities.[4] In the 2020 election the party retained only Emelee's seat and remained in the opposition of Bob Loughman's government.[5] Following the 2022 election the VNDP rose back to 2 seats and Christophe Emelee was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in Ishmael Kalsakau's cabinet.[6]

## Election results

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### Parliament

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Election  | Leader  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Status

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2016 | Christophe Emelee  | 4,942  | 4.37 (#7)  |

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| New  | Opposition
2020 | 2,102  | 1.46 (#15)  |

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|  1  | Coalition
2022 | 1,624  | 1.23 (#13)  |

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|  1  | Coalition
2025 | 1,849  | 1.27 (#14)  |

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|  2  | Extra-parliamentary

## References

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1. ^ Vanuatu political party leaders team up Radio New Zealand, 8 July 2014
2. ^ Final candidate list for the 2016 General Election Vanuatu Daily, 11 January 2016
3. ^ Unofficial results Vanuatu Daily Post, 25 January 2016
4. ^ Willie, Royson (17 June 2019). "VP out, LPV in". Daily Post. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
5. ^ Vanuatu's new PM appoints his new Cabinet Radio New Zealand, 21 April 2020
6. ^ Manassah, Kiery (11 November 2022). "Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau's opportunity to write his own story". DevPolicy Blog. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

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Political parties in Vanuatu

* Fren Melanesian Party
* Green Confederation
* Iauko Group
* Land and Justice Party
* Laverwo Party
* Leaders Party of Vanuatu
* Nagriamel
* Melanesian Progressive Party
* Namarakieana Movement
* Natatok Indigenous People's Democratic Party
* National Community Association
* National United Party
* Ngwasoanda Custom Movement
* People's Action Party
* People's Progressive Party
* People's Services Party
* Reunification Movement for Change
* Union of Moderate Parties
* Vanua'aku Pati
* Vanuatu Labour Party
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