Papua New Guinea

Population Statistics

6,672,429

Total Population

1,000,864

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

26 September 2013

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (1975, last amended 2011)

Updated: June 2015

Section 50 states:

Subject to the express limitations imposed by this Constitution, every citizen who is of full capacity and has reached the voting age…has the right, and shall be given a reasonable opportunity…(d) to vote for, and to be elected to, elective public office at genuine, periodic, free elections…

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (1975, last amended 2011)