By-elections In The Solomon Islands
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This is a list of by-elections to the
National Parliament of Solomon Islands The National Parliament of Solomon Islands has 50 members, elected for a four-year term in 50 single-seat constituencies. It is presided by a Speaker, currently Patterson Oti. Latest elections Members The official website of the National ...
since the First Parliament in 1976, with the names of the incumbent and victor and (when known) their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, and where that change is known, the result is highlighted: yellow for a
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gain. The source for most of this information is the parliamentary website.


First Parliament (1976–1980)


Second Parliament (1980–1984)

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Third Parliament (1984–1988)

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Fourth Parliament (1989–1993)


Fifth Parliament (1994–1997)


Sixth Parliament (1997–2001)


Seventh Parliament (2001–2005)


Eighth Parliament (2006–2010)


Ninth Parliament (2010–2014)


Eleventh Parliament (2019- )

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replaced her husband
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in
North East Guadalcanal constituency North East Guadalcanal is a Constituencies in Solomon Islands, parliamentary constituency electing one representative to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, National Parliament of Solomon Islands. It is one of eight constituencies in Guad ...
.


Notable by-elections

The 1989 by-election in the North-East Guadalcanal constituency, prompted by
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's election as
Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...
,In contrast with the United Kingdom, in Solomon Islands a sitting MP may not be Speaker. The Speaker is generally elected from outside Parliament (such as a former MP who has lost his seat), but on this one occasion a sitting MP was elected to the position, necessitating that he resign. resulted in a woman,
Hilda Kari Hilda Thugea Kari (born Hilda Thugea Auvi in 1949
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, being elected to Parliament for the first time.“Women Candidates Training Workshop 2010”
Centre for Democratic Institutions


Notes and references

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Solomon Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Modern Hebrew, Modern: , Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yahweh, Yah"), ...