2009 Micronesian general election

2009 Micronesian parliamentary election

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10 out of 14 seats in Congress

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]

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. ^[1] The 2009 elections were for the 10 two-year term seats. ^[1]

Conduct

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

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
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

1. Micronesia (Federated States of): Congress IPU
2. Federated States of Micronesia Congressional election of 3 March 2009 Adam Carr
3. "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.