# Our Development Party

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The **Our Development Party** is a [political party](/source/Political_party) in [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea).

The party was co-founded in 2011, after the O'Neill Government ousted the Somare Government, by Sir [Puka Temu](/source/Puka_Temu) and [Andy Kenemu](/source/Andy_Kenemu). At the time, it had 25 members in the [National Parliament](/source/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea).[2]

In the 2017 elections, the party won two seats, held by Francis Maneke and Temu.[2] Both MPs left the party during the parliamentary term.

As of May 2019, the party had 2 seats in the National Parliament. It is led by Temu, who is its sole MP. Temu returned to the party on 15 May 2019 after leaving [People's National Congress](/source/People's_National_Congress_(Papua_New_Guinea)).[2]

On 31 May 2019, former Deputy Prime Minister [Charles Abel](/source/Charles_Abel) resigned from People‘s National Congress to join the party.

## References

1. ["Parties"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190528161028/http://www.ippcc.gov.pg/parties.html). *www.ippcc.gov.pg*. Archived from [the original](http://www.ippcc.gov.pg/parties.html) on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

1. Kora, Annette (14 May 2019). ["Sir Puka Temu Returns to Our Development Party"](https://emtv.com.pg/sir-puka-temu-returns-to-our-development-party/). *EMTV Online*. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

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