2015 Micronesian general election

2015 Micronesian parliamentary election

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Nominee Peter M. Christian Yosiwo George Electoral vote 12 2 Percentage 85.71% 14.29%
President before election Manny Mori Elected President Peter M. Christian

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 3 March 2015. ^[1] A simultaneous independence referendum was also scheduled to be held in Chuuk State, but was postponed shortly before the elections.

Electoral system

The 14 members of Congress were elected in two methods; 10 are elected from single-member constituencies by plurality voting, whilst four senators are elected by the four States. Following the elections, the President and Vice-President are elected by Congress from the Senators. ^[2]

Campaign

A total of 34 candidates registered to contest the 14 seats. ^[1] In late February the election of the House of Representatives for Chuuk was postponed by State Governor Johnson Elimo, with the Public Affairs Office stating that voting documents were not ready. Elimo also postponed the planned independence referendum. ^[3]

Results

State	District	Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
Chuuk	At-Large	Wesley Simina	16,702	60.46	Elected
		Gillian Doone	10,921	39.54
	Election District 1	Florencio Singkoro Harper	3,566	77.17	Elected
		Able (Epel) Kristoph	1,055	22.83
	Election District 2	Victor S. Gouland	2,914	56.65	Elected
		Roger S. Mori	1,650	32.08
		Chanser H. Yeseki	580	11.28
	Election District 3	Bonsiano F. Nethon	3,479	43.77	Elected
		Elvis T. Shirai	2,425	30.51
		Marcellus Akapito	2,045	25.73
	Election District 4	Tiwiter Aritos	4,603	56.07	Elected
		Takamichy Y. Mori	2,571	31.32
		Hatnat K. Meneky	1,035	12.61
	Election District 5	Robson U. Romolow	855	30.87	Elected
		Ruphin Micky	781	28.19
		Winiplat A. Bisalen	611	22.06
		Season S. Jacky	523	18.88
Kosrae	At-Large	Yosiwo George	2,385	57.79	Elected
		Alik L. Alik	1,742	42.21
	Election District	Paliknoa Welly	2,870	69.56	Elected
		Rensile Sigrah	1,256	30.44
Pohnpei	At-Large	Peter M. Christian	9,091	59.58	Elected
		John Ehsa	3,545	23.23
		Dionisio E. Saimon	1,579	10.35
		Dion G. Neth	782	5.12
		Selestino L. Marquez	262	1.72
	Election District 1	Ferney S. Perman	2,628	53.14	Elected
		Dohsis Halbert	2,317	46.86
	Election District 2	Berney Martin	3,406	56.46	Elected
		Goodwin Etse	2,627	43.54
	Election District 3	David Panuelo	4,026	100	Elected unopposed
Yap	At-Large	Joseph Urusemal	2,518	100	Elected unopposed
	Election District	Isaac V. Figir	2,498	100	Elected unopposed
Source: National Election Office

References

1. 34 to contest Micronesia 2015 election Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Loop, 8 November 2014
2. Electoral system IPU
3. Chuuk independence vote postponed Radio NZ, 27 February 2015