1983 Micronesian general election

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1983 Micronesian parliamentary election
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  1981 8 March 1983 1985  

14 seats in Congress

President before election

Tosiwo Nakayama

Elected President

Tosiwo Nakayama

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 8 March 1983. [1] All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents100
Invalid/blank votes
Total33,686100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Aftermath

Following the elections, Tosiwo Nakayama was unanimously re-elected president. Bailey Olter was elected vice president, defeating incumbent Petrus Tun. [2]

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p638 ISBN   0-19-924959-8
  2. Nakayama, Olter elected in FSM 'Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1983