Chapters:
1. Introduction by Michael Oliver;
2. Survey evidence on electoral behaviour in Papua New Guinea by Yaw Saffu;
3. Election law and the conduct of the elections by Bernard Wijeweera;
4. Regionalism by Ray Anere;
5. Gender, age and education of candidates and members by Mark Turner;
6. Hidden and open agendas: Social policy issues by Rosemary Preston;
7. Women candidates in the election by Eileen Wormald;
8. The trader's voice: PNG-born Chinese business and the election by Margaret Willson;
9. Angoram Open by R. J. May;
10. Papuan Prince(ss) and the Papuan hegemony: the election in Central Provincial by Wari Iamo;
11. Kerema Open by Michael Oliver;
12. The Manus vote by Alexander Wanek and Eileen Wormald;
13. Faltering progress: Namatanai Open by Norman MacQueen;
14. The elections in North Solomons Province by James Griffin and Samuel Kawona;
15. The Simbu election by Paula Brown;
16. Tribal structure and rural ballot box counts in Hagen Open by John Burton.
Includes appendices, index, maps and diagrams.