Parliamentary elections were held in

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in 2020 to elect members of the

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. The elections were originally planned on 7 April 2020, with a second round of voting to be held on 15 April 2020. However, in late March the Electoral Commission changed the voting date to 14 April 2020, with a second round on 21 April 2020. The elections resulted in President

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's pro-

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losing a majority in parliament to parties either supportive of

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or critical of his handling of diplomatic recognition of China. However, on 22 May, during the first meeting of the new House, the 44 MPs were equally divided on two benches, with 22 supporting the new

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and 22 the Tobwaan Kiribati Party.

Electoral system

Of the 45 members of the

, 44 were elected in 23 single- and multi-member constituencies (seven with one seat, eleven with two seats and five with three seats)Kiribati
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. One member was chosen by the

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to represent the

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n community on

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, while the

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is elected after the elections, from outside the House of Assembly, and does not participate in votes. Voters have as many votes to cast as the number of seats in their constituencies. In the first round a candidate is elected if they receive more than 50% of the ballots cast. Where not all seats are filled, a second round is held with the number of candidates being equal to the number of seats remaining to be filled plus two, with those who received the fewest votes in the first round being eliminated. A tie in the second round results in a third round of voting.Kiribati
Election Passport

Results

List of elected members

Candidates

The

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communicated the official list of candidates running this general election.

References

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