Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 4 March 1997,[1] alongside a referendum on tax revenues.[2] All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents.
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10 out of 14 seats in Congress | ||
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The referendum proposed modifying Chapter 5, Article IX of the constitution:
National taxes shall be imposed uniformly. Not less than 50% of the revenue shall be paid into the treasury of the state where collected.
to increase the amount of tax revenue returned to the states from 50% to 80%.[2] In order to pass, the change required the approval of at least 75% of voters in three of the four states.[2] Although it was approved by a majority in two states and in terms of the total number of votes, the 75% approval threshold was not passed in any of the four states.[2]
Results edit
Congress edit
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Independents | 100 | 14 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 33,000 | 100 | 14 |
| Source: IPU | |||
Referendum edit
| Choice | Votes | % | States |
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| For | 16,026 | 52.95 | 0 |
| Against | 14,242 | 47.05 | 4 |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 30,268 | 100 | 4 |
| Source: Direct Democracy | |||
By state edit
| State | For | Against | Total votes | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Chuuk | 10,143 | 70.29 | 4,287 | 29.71 | 14,430 |
| Kosrae | 380 | 24.31 | 1,183 | 75.69 | 1,563 |
| Pohnpei | 4,212 | 35.74 | 7,573 | 64.26 | 11,785 |
| Yap | 1,291 | 51.85 | 1,199 | 48.15 | 2,490 |
| Source: Direct Democracy | |||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p638 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ a b c d Federated States of Micronesia, 4 March 1997: 80% of tax revenues to the states Direct Democracy (in German)