2003 Micronesian parliamentary election

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2003 Micronesian parliamentary election
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  2001 4 March 2003 2005  

All 14 seats in Congress

President before election

Leo Falcam

Elected President

Joseph Urusemal

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 4 March 2003. [1] As there were no political parties, all 28 candidates ran as independents. Four candidates were elected unopposed. [2]

Contents

Electoral system

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. [2] The 2003 elections were for both types of seats. [2]

Results

StateDistrictCandidateVotes %Notes
Chuuk At-Large Redley A. Killion 14,51552.27Elected
Jack Fritz13,25247.73
Election District 1Henry Asugar1,91933.71Elected
Fabian Nimea1,55727.35
Kachuo Eko1,34523.63
Herner Braiei87215.32
Election District 2Roosevelt KansouElected unopposed
Election District 3Sabino Asor2,14430.16Elected
Wiseman Moses1,23417.36
Joseph Kasian94713.32
Rockhudson Tomy94613.31
Simiram Sipenuk71710.09
Sanphy William6539.19
Johannes Serious4676.57
Election District 4Twitier Aritos4,10055.77Elected
John Petewon3,25244.23
Election District 5Nelson Moses1,27951.68Elected
Write-in1,19648.32
Kosrae At-Large Alik Alik 1,93251.77Elected
Jocob Nena1,80048.23
Election DistrictClaude PhillipElected unopposed
Pohnpei At-LargeResio Moses5,39940.02Elected
Mohner Esiel4,13730.66
Leo A. Falcam3,95529.32
Election District 1Dohsis S. HalbertElected unopposed
Election District 2Dion G. Neth2,29940.63Elected
Wagner M. Lawrence1,82032.16
Herman Semes1,54027.21
Election District 3 Peter M. Christian 2,86167.13Elected
Pauli Rodriguez1,40132.87
Yap At-Large Joseph Urusemal 2,57973.90Elected
Jesse Raglmar-Subolmar91126.10
Election DistrictIsaac V. FigirElected unopposed
Source: Adam Carr

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