section_path: Conduct
section_name: Conduct
paragraph_text: Conduct
  
  Voting was held in 352 polling stations nationwide, along with one station in Nouméa to serve voters residing in New Caledonia, with bus shuttles organised to transport voters there. More than 1,700 officials were deployed to oversee the election, while 350 police officers were also deployed to ensure security during the election. The Vanuatu Election Office acknowledged that it had been hampered in its preparations by the surprise decision to hold the election as well as the 2024 Port Vila earthquake.