Vanuatu
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
- Seats: 52
- Term of office: 7 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 352
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 7:30 am and 4:30 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 278,954 (2020 election)
· Voter turnout: 52.00% (2020 general election)
· Voting age: 18
- Parliamentary: Single Non-Transferable Vote in multiple-member constituencies, First Past the Post in single-member constituencies
· Voting process
1. Voting (Verify voter cards -> Receive a voting envelope and a book of ballot papers -> Cast ballots)
2. Any person suffering from a physical disability, as well as older voters, may designate a person of their choice to accompany them into the voting booth
3. The polling clerk stamps the voter card in the place marked date of voting and adds the date and their initials in the space provided.
4. The polling clerk inks the voter’s left thumb with indelible ink, and then returns the card to the voter
· Counting process
1. The ballot box is opened and all envelopes are removed from the box.
2. The presiding officer then takes the ballot papers from the envelopes and the ballots are sorted and counted.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: More than a week