Parliamentary elections were held in
Nauru
Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...
on 24 August 2019. President
Baron Waqa
Baron Divavesi Waqa (; born 31 December 1959) is a Nauruan politician who was the 14th President of Nauru from 11 June 2013 until 27 August 2019. He previously served as Minister of Education from 2004 to 2007.
Political role
Waqa was elected in ...
lost his seat in
Boe Constituency
Boe Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Boe to the Parliament of Nauru
The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is e ...
, making him ineligible for a third term. Following the elections,
Lionel Aingimea
Lionel Rouwen Aingimea (born 2 September 1965) is a Nauruan lawyer and politician. He served as the fifteenth president of Nauru from 2019 to 2022. He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru.
Early life
Aingimea was born i ...
was elected President, winning a parliamentary vote 12–6 against
David Adeang
David Waiau Adeang (born 24 November 1969) is a Nauruan politician, former Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and Nauru's Minister of Finance and Justice, as well as the Minister Assisting the President of Nauru. He is a founding member of the N ...
.
Electoral system
The 19 members of
Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
were elected from eight multi-member constituencies using the
Dowdall system, a version of
ranked voting
The term ranked voting (also known as preferential voting or ranked choice voting) refers to any voting system in which voters ranking, rank their candidates (or options) in a sequence of first or second (or third, etc.) on their respective ball ...
; voters rank candidates, with the votes counted as a fraction of one divided by the ranking number (e.g. a candidate ranked second will be scored as ½); the candidates with the highest total were elected.
Results
Out of 7,508 registered voters, 7,167 cast a vote, resulting in a turnout of 95.46%. 7,037 votes were valid and the remaining 130 either blank or invalid.
Aiwo
Anabar Anabar may refer to:
* Anabar Bay, Laptev Sea
* Anabar Constituency, Nauru
* Anabar District, Nauru
* Anabar District, Russia, Sakha, Russia
* Anabar Highway, Russia
* Anabar Plateau, Russia
* Anabar (river), Sakha, Russia
* Anabar Shield
An ...
Anetan
Boe
BOE, BoE or Boe may refer to:
Abbreviations, acronyms or initialisms
* Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom
* Bank of English, a representative subset of the 4.5 billion words COBUILD corpus
* Barrel of oil equivalent, a uni ...
Buada
Meneng Meneng may refer to:
* Meneng District, Nauru
** Meneng Constituency
** Meneng Hotel
** Meneng Stadium Meneng may refer to:
* Meneng District, Nauru
** Meneng Constituency
** Meneng Hotel
** Meneng Stadium
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Ubenide
Ubenide is a constituency of Nauru made up of four districts: Baitsi, Denigomodu, Nibok, and Uaboe. It covers an area of 4.5 km² (1.73 mi²), making it the second largest constituency by area, and is the most populous constituency with a popu ...
There was a recount in the Ubenide Constituency after six ballot papers were found in the Nauruan parliament chamber. The results were ultimately unchanged.
Yaren
Presidential election
Following the elections, the newly elected MPs elected the president, who was required by the constitution be a member of parliament.
Incumbent president
Baron Waqa
Baron Divavesi Waqa (; born 31 December 1959) is a Nauruan politician who was the 14th President of Nauru from 11 June 2013 until 27 August 2019. He previously served as Minister of Education from 2004 to 2007.
Political role
Waqa was elected in ...
lost his seat in parliament, which meant he was ineligible.
Lionel Aingimea
Lionel Rouwen Aingimea (born 2 September 1965) is a Nauruan lawyer and politician. He served as the fifteenth president of Nauru from 2019 to 2022. He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru.
Early life
Aingimea was born i ...
defeated
David Adeang
David Waiau Adeang (born 24 November 1969) is a Nauruan politician, former Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and Nauru's Minister of Finance and Justice, as well as the Minister Assisting the President of Nauru. He is a founding member of the N ...
of
Nauru First
Nauru First ( na, Naoero Amo) is the only formal political party in Nauru.
Philosophy and leading members
Its positions tend to be Liberalism, liberal, pro-government transparency (humanities), transparency, and Christian democracy, Christian ...
by twelve votes to six.
References
Nauru
Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...
Parliamentary
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democracy, democratic government, governance of a sovereign state, state (or subordinate entity) where the Executive (government), executive derives its democratic legitimacy ...
Nauru
Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...
Elections in Nauru
Non-partisan elections
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