2022 Papua New Guinean general election

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4–22 July 2022

All 118 seats in the National Parliament
60 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	Seats	+/–
Pangu Pati	James Marape	39	+30
PNC	Peter O'Neill	17	−11
URP	William Duma	11	+1
NAP	Allan Bird	6	−9
People's Party	Peter Ipatas	4	+2
SDP	Powes Parkop	4	+2
PFP	Richard Maru	4	+4
PNG Party	Belden Namah	3	−2
ULP	Vacant	3	New
Advance PNG	Muglua Dilu	2	New
National Party	Kerenga Kua	2	−1
Liberal	John Thomas Pundari	2	New
AP	Bryan Kramer	1	New
PNG Greens	Richard Masere	1	+1
MAP	Joseph Yopyyopy	1	0
NGP	Keith Iduhu	1	+1
ODP	Puka Temu	1	0
PLP	Luther Wenge	1	−1
PMC	Gary Juffa	1	0
PPP	Julius Chan	1	−4
PRP	James Donald	1	New
Destiny Party	Marsh Narawec	1	+1
THE Party	Don Polye	1	−3
Independents	–	10	−4

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
James Marape Pangu Pati	James Marape Pangu Pati

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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 4 to 22 July 2022 to elect the members of the National Parliament for a new five-year term.^[1]^[2]

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