Number of tiers

Representation of thePeople Act:
Schedule 5 (Election Rules), rule 10(2)(b): “ Immediatelyon receipt of the ballot papers and envelope a voter shall ... (b) record hisvote by placing the ballot paper bearing the name and symbol of his chosencandidate in the envelope.” 

Schedule 5 (Election Rules), rule 21(2): Subject to subrule (3) the number of candidatescounting down from the candidate who obtains the highest number of votes inorder of the votes obtained that equals the number of seats allocated to thatconstituency shall be declared elected.

Representationof the People (Parliamentary Constituencies and Seats)

Article 1: Vanuatu is to be divided into 17 constituencies

Article 2: Parliament is to consist of 52 members and the seatsfor those members are to be distributed among the constituencies in accordancewith and in the manner set out in the Schedule

Sources:

The Representation of the People Act, 1982 (amended 2006), http://www.paclii.org/vu/legis/consol_act/rotpa298/

Representation of the People (ParliamentaryConstituencies and Seats), 2002,  http://www.paclii.org/vu/legis/consol_sub/rotpcas654/

NOTE: There are different electoral systems for the single-member constituencies and the multi-member constituencies.