General elections were held in

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on 6 March 1998. They "were held under the shadow of a state of emergency (the result of riots in

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over governmental financial improprieties) and were accompanied by an unusually low turnout rate",MILES, William F.S., ''Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu'', Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998, , p.27 with only 61.6% of registered voters casting a ballot.

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, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p843 The

Vanua'aku Pati The Vanua'aku Pati () is a democratic socialist political party in Vanuatu. History The party was founded on 17 August 1971 by Walter Lini as the New Hebridean Cultural Association, renamed later that same year as the New Hebrides National Party ...

, led by

Donald Kalpokas Donald Masike'Vanua Kalpokas (23 August 1943 – 20 March 2019) was a Vanuatuan politician and diplomat who twice served as Prime Minister of Vanuatu. Biography Kalpokas was born on Efate island. Along with Walter Lini, he founded the Vanua'aku ...

, obtained 18 seats. The ruling

Union of Moderate Parties The Union of Moderate Parties (french: Union des partis moderés) is a liberal political party in Vanuatu founded in 1981. At the last general election, held on 22 January 2016, they won 9.73% of the vote and 6 seats. It is currently headed by Ish ...

obtained 12, while the National United Party obtained 11, and the

Melanesian Progressive Party The Melanesian Progressive Party is a political party in Vanuatu formed after an internal leadership struggle within the Vanua'aku Pati in the late 1980s. MPP founder, former Prime Minister Barak Sopé Barak Tame Sopé Mautamata (born 1951) i ...

6. The Vanua'aku Pati returned to power for the first time since 1991, forming a coalition with the NUP.

(VP) became

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, with

Walter Lini Walter Hadye Lin̄i (1942 – 21 February 1999) was a Raga Anglican priest and politician who was the first Prime Minister of Vanuatu, from independence in 1980 to 1991. He was born at Agatoa village, Pentecost Island. On his mother's side ...

(NUP) as deputy Prime Minister. The new government was exclusively

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, following the defeat of the

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UMP.

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Elections in Vanuatu

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