Vanuatu Polls

The Vanuatu political landscape appeared to be in for a shakeup, reports said today, following a snap election called after more than a quarter of MPs were jailed in a corruption scandal.

More than 200,000 voters went to the polls in Vanuatu on Friday to elect a new 53-member parliament in a snap ballot called after a corruption scandal hit the Pacific island archipelago.

The Vanuatu political landscape appeared to be in for a shakeup, reports said today, following a snap election called after more than a quarter of MPs were jailed in a corruption scandal.

More than 200,000 voters went to the polls in Vanuatu on Friday to elect a new 53-member parliament in a snap ballot called after a corruption scandal hit the Pacific island archipelago.