Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 3 March 2009.[1] As there were no political parties, all 21 candidates ran as independents.[1] Three were returned unopposed.[2]
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10 out of 14 seats in Congress | ||
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Electoral system edit
At the time of the election, Congress consisted of 14 members, of which 10 were elected for two-year terms and four elected for four-year terms.[1] The 2009 elections were for the 10 two-year term seats.[1]
Conduct edit
The Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) was invited to monitor the elections by the Micronesian government.[1] The APDP sent 18 observers, who reported "some irregularities and procedural inconsistencies".[1]
Results edit
The results from nine constituencies were certified by the National Election Director on 16 March. A recount was ordered for one seat, with the winner confirmed on 24 March.[1]
| State | District | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
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| Chuuk | Election District 1 | Peter Sitan | 1,911 | 41.04 | Elected |
| Tender Haser Rickysach | 1,373 | 29.49 | |||
| Able M. Kristoph | 1,372 | 29.47 | |||
| Election District 2 | Roger Mori | 2,908 | 54.07 | Elected | |
| Tesime Kofot | 2,470 | 45.93 | |||
| Election District 3 | Joe N. Suka | 2,569 | 39.90 | Elected | |
| Anucha Styephan Hallers | 1,946 | 30.23 | |||
| Ignacio Stephen | 1,923 | 29.87 | |||
| Election District 4 | Tiwiter Aritos | 3,866 | 54.31 | Elected | |
| Esly K. Kanto | 3,252 | 45.69 | |||
| Election District 5 | Tony Otto | 928 | 33.32 | Elected | |
| Moses A. Nelson | 903 | 32.42 | |||
| Lambert N. Lokopwe | 777 | 27.90 | |||
| Masachiro Christlib | 177 | 6.36 | |||
| Kosrae | Election District | Paliknoa K. Welly | 1,811 | 100 | Elected unopposed |
| Pohnpei | Election District 1 | Dohsis Halbert | 2,876 | 100 | Elected unopposed |
| Election District 2 | Dion G. Neth | 2,896 | 50.51 | Elected | |
| Berny Martín | 2,838 | 49.49 | |||
| Election District 3 | Fredrico Primo | 2,737 | 100 | Elected unopposed | |
| Yap | Election District | Isaac V. Figir | 2,104 | 76.59 | Elected |
| Fidelis F. Thiyer | 643 | 23.41 | |||
| Source:[3] | |||||
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Micronesia (Federated States of): Congress IPU
- ^ Federated States of Micronesia Congressional election of 3 March 2009 Adam Carr
- ^ "Second Update: UNOFFICIAL Election Results for the FSM National Election 2009". www.fsmpio.fm. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-03-12.