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General elections were held in Vanuatu on 30 November 1995. Ni-Vanuatu voters were invited to elect the 50 members of the national Parliament.

The Unity Front, a coalition comprising the Vanua'aku Pati (led by Donald Kalpokas), the Melanesian Progressive Party (led by Barak Sopé) and Tan Union (led by Vincent Boulekone) won 20 seats, of which the VP won 13, the MPP 5 and the TU 2. The Union of Moderate Parties, led by incumbent Prime Minister Maxime Carlot Korman, won 17. The National United Party, led by former Prime Minister Walter Lini, won 9.

The francophone Union of Moderate Parties and the anglophone National United Party formed a coalition government, with Serge Vohor (UMP) as Prime Minister and Walter Lini as deputy Prime Minister.^[1] Voter turnout was 72.4%.^[2]

Electoral system

Most members were elected by single non-transferable vote in multi-seat districts of two to seven seats. Four members were elected through first-past-the-post voting ins single-member constituencies.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Unity Front	23,911	31.45	20	+5
	Union of Moderate Parties	20,865	27.44	17	–2
	National United Party	17,795	23.41	9	–1
	Friend Melanesian Party	2,019	2.66	1	0
	People's Democratic Party	1,786	2.35	0	New
	Nagriamel	1,337	1.76	1	0
	Christian Independent Candidates	1,207	1.59	0	New
	Independent Front	1,000	1.32	0	New
	Vanuatu Labour Party	884	1.16	0	New
	Vanuatu Women in Politics	172	0.23	0	New
	Independents	5,054	6.65	2	+2
Total		76,030	100.00	50	+4
Valid votes		76,030	99.36
Invalid/blank votes		492	0.64
Total votes		76,522	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		105,631	72.44
Source: Nohlen et al.