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Melanesian provisional election, 1958

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The 1958 Melanesian provisional election was a British sanctioned election on the island of Melanesia. Utilizing the Australian system of instant-runoff voting, the composition of the Provisional Convention of Melanesia within a four month period, which ended on October 28th, 1958. While twenty individuals ran for the seats at the convention, the British government determined that in comparison to the modernized population, who have easy access to voting stations, that only seven individuals would be elected. On the island of New Guinea, only 33,670,983 people were documented and eligible to vote, which was mostly composed of immigrants. Papuan people within the dense interior, dense slums, were undocumented and the states attempt to mobilize them in effort to vote was absent.

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The 1958 Melanesian provisional election was a British sanctioned election on the island of Melanesia. Utilizing the Australian system of instant-runoff voting, the composition of the Provisional Convention of Melanesia within a four month period, which ended on October 28th, 1958. While twenty individuals ran for the seats at the convention, the British government determined that in comparison to the modernized population, who have easy access to voting stations, that only seven individuals would be elected. On the island of New Guinea, only 33,670,983 people were documented and eligible to vote, which was mostly composed of immigrants. Papuan people within the dense interior, dense slums, were undocumented and the states attempt to mobilize them in effort to vote was absent.