1994 Kiribati parliamentary election

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1994 Kiribati parliamentary election
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  1991 24 July 1994 (first round)
31 July 1994 (second round)
1998  

39 seats in the House of Assembly
PartyLeaderSeats
Protectionist Roniti Teiwaki 13
National Progressive Teatao Teannaki 7
Independents 19
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati on 24 July 1994, with a second round on 31 July. [1] Although all 260 candidates for the 39 seats ran as independents, [2] they could be divided into three groups; the National Progressive Party, Protect the Maneaba, and unaffiliated independents. [3] Independents emerged as the largest group in Parliament, with 19 of the 39 seats.

Results

PartySeats
Protect the Maneaba 13
National Progressive Party 7
Independents19
Total39
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p679 ISBN   0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p681
  3. Kiribati: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union