East Choiseul constituency

East Choiseul is a single-member constituency of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. Located on Choiseul Island, it was established in 1993 when Parliament was expanded from 38 to 47 seats; Its first MP, Allan Qurusu, had previously served as the MP for North Choiseul between 1980 and 1993, when the constituency was abolished.

East Choiseul
Single-member constituency for the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands
Region	Choiseul Province
Current constituency
Created	1993
Created from	North Choiseul Constituency
Current MP	Manasseh Sogavare
Party	Independent

List of MPs

Election	MP	Party
1993	Allan Qurusu
1997	Manasseh Sogavare
2001			People's Progressive Party
2006			Social Credit Party
2010			OUR Party
2014			Independent
2019
2024			OUR Party

Election results

2019

2019 general election
Candidate	Party	Votes
Manasseh Sogavare	Independent	1,860
Ezra Kukuti	People's Progressive Party	775
James Ron Kaboke	Solomon Islands United Party	485
Loloma Pabulu	Independent	19
Danson Tanito	Solomon Islands Democratic Party	15
Invalid/blank votes		4
Total		3,138
Registered voters		3,802
Source: Solomon Islands Electoral Commission

2014

2014 general election
Candidate	Party	Votes
Manasseh Sogavare	Independent	1,596
Ronald Pitamama	Democratic Alliance Party	602
James Ron Kaboke	Solomon Islands People First Party	320
Invalid/blank votes		12
Total
Registered voters
Source: Election Passport

2010

2010 general election
Candidate	Party	Votes
Manasseh Sogavare	Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party	1,913
Moses Kurebose Biliki	People's Alliance Party	384
Hence Vaekesa	People's Congress Party	100
Sheperd Lapo	National Party	248
Invalid/blank votes		20
Total		2,665
Registered voters		4,000
Source: Election Passport

2006

2006 general election
Candidate	Party	Votes
Manasseh Sogavare		854
Francis Qalokamake		646
Gordon Volaka		371
Moses Kurebose Biliki		355
Billy Takubala		136
Invalid/blank votes		32
Total		2,394
Registered voters		4,028
Source: Election Passport

2001

2001 general election
Candidate	Party	Votes
Manasseh Sogavare		1,225
Allan Qurusu		952
Billy Takubala		190
Nason Neko Degerekolo		137
Invalid/blank votes
Total		2,504
Registered voters		3,377
Source: Election Passport

1997

1997 general election
Candidate	Party	Votes
Manasseh Sogavare		1,111
Allan Qurusu		588
Invalid/blank votes
Total		1,699
Registered voters		2,452
Source: Election Passport

1993

1993 general election
Candidate	Party	Votes
Allan Qurusu		903
Hence Vaekesa		260
Paul Puqara Lekelalu		65
Jacab Sogavare		62
Invalid/blank votes
Total		1,290
Registered voters		1,570
Source: Election Passport