Early parliamentary elections were held in

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on 8 February 1997, following a series of no-confidence votes in the Presidency,.Nauru
Inter-Parliamentary Union which had changed hands three times since the

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. All candidates ran as independents. Following the elections, Kinza Clodumar was elected president by the Parliament, which included four new members. Voter turnout was 91.8%. The only female member in the previous Parliament,

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(MP for Anetan/Ewa), lost her seat, meaning the resulting Parliament was composed exclusively of men. There were to be no more women MPs until

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."Nauru gets second woman MP, first in nearly 30 years"
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Results

By constituency

References

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Parliamentary Elections in Nauru

Non-partisan elections