Bougainville

The main who has led Bougainville for the past five years is on course to continue in the role as his lead grows with the vote count well underway in Buka.

The incumbent president in Bougainville, John Momis, is establishing a huge lead in the race to win the post for the next five years.

A former Bougainville president, James Tanis, says he hopes whoever wins the just completed election will work co-operatively with the unsuccessful presidential candidates. Two weeks of polling in the…

A former president of Bougainville says he expects little politicking in the incoming parliament as MPs focus on preparations for the referendum on independence.

The acting Bougainville Electoral Commissioner, George Manu, is calling on candidates and their scrutineers not to try and disrupt the counting process.

A former Bougainville MP says as many as a third of voters in her area could not vote in the recent election because they were not on the roll.

Counting of votes begins today in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville after two weeks of voting was completed at the weekend.

Bougainville's electoral commissioner says polling has now been completed in the autonomous region's third election.

The process of sorting ballot papers has begun as Bougainville nears the end of its two-week election process.

The Bougainville President says his people will suffer if a spat between Papua New Guinea and Australia is not quickly resolved.

The acting elections commissioner in Bougainville, George Manu, says the election, the first run by Bougainvilleans themselves, has gone smoothly. Audio

A chief from Kieta in Bougainville is behind bars at Arawa police station after ordering his people not to vote in the elections for the autonomous government in the Papua New Guinea region.

Tasman Island in the Atolls constituency of North Bougainville is the final constituency yet to complete polling in the Bougainville election.

The electoral commissioner in the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville has shut down polling stations for people voting outside their constituencies after reports of abuse.

Papua New Guinea has announced a ban on Australians travelling to Bougainville, after Canberra said it plans to build a diplomatic mission on the island.

Bougainville officials say almost all electorates have now completed voting in the elections, which are scheduled to run until next Monday.

Bougainville's acting electoral commissioner has been defending the team of foreign observers after complaints of interference from some voters.