Provincial elections will be held in four of Vanuatu's six provinces on the March 23.
A ballot box in the village of Teouma for Vanuatu's 2016 election. Photo: RNZI / Jamie Tahana
The electoral commission says the four-year terms of the Malampa, Penama, Shefa and Tafea councils have come to an end.
It says applications for candidates hoping to contest the elections opens on the 13th of February, ahead of the campaign's start on the 6th of March.
The commission's chairman, Martin Tete, is appealing for people to register to vote, and for political parties and candidates to not wait until the last minute to register.
