Vanuatu has voted in a snap election amidst the upheaval of a destructive earthquake that struck this South Pacific island nation last month

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Vanuatu: snap election preparation almost complete

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Vanuatu holds snap election a month after destructive earthquake

Voting began on Thursday to elect a new government in Vanuatu, a month after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation’s capital Port Vila, killing at least 16 people, triggering landslides and damaging several major buildings.

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Voting begins in quake-ravaged Pacific nation of Vanuatu

A month after the December 17 earthquake struck and killed 14 people, voters are heading to the polls with the memories of recent aftershocks fresh in their minds.

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'Make Vanuatu Great Again': Pacific nation set for political showdown

SYDNEY - Voting began on Thursday to elect a new government in Vanuatu, a month after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation's capital Port Vila, killing at least 16 people, triggering landslides and damaging several major buildings.

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Vanuatu is used to dealing with ferocious cyclones but the 7.3-magnitude earthquake which rumbled Efate island and Port Vila presents a tough road to recovery.

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Earthquake-struck Vanuatu needs aid, tourism help

The 52 seats in Vanuatu’s Parliament will be contested by 217 candidates in two days (Jan. 16), and the Albanese government will be watching the outcome closely, hoping that a more pro-Australian set of MPs emerges.
The date was moved back from Jan. 14 due to the Dec. 17 earthquake, which measured 7.3 and killed at least 14 people, injuring 265 others.
The snap election was triggered when the President dissolved Parliament, cutting off a no-conf…

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Australia Closely Eyes Vanuatu’s Election, Eager for a More Pro-Western Parliament

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Vanuatu held a snap general election on Thursday after Prime Minister Charlot Salwai’s decision to go to the polls two years early rather than risk a no-confidence vote in his divided coalition government.

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The final ballot boxes are being deployed to the farthest polling stations in the country.

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The parliament consists of 52 members, elected from 18 constituencies. According to the data shared by the Vanuatu Electoral Office, there are 217 candidates in the fray. Among the candidates, seven are women.

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Vanuatu: Country with shortest work-week of 24.7 hrs votes in snap election tomorrow

Governments tend to lack stability in Vanuatu, which has a population of 330,000 people who inhabit an archipelago of more than 80 coral and volcanic islands

Vanuatu holds snap election a month after destructive earthquake

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