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Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 7 March 2017, [1] alongside a referendum on allowing dual citizenship. Although the proposed constitutional amendment to allow dual citizenship was approved by a majority of voters, it did not pass the threshold of 75% voting in favour in at least three of the four states. [2]
The 14 members of Congress are elected by two methods; ten are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting for two year terms. The four at-large Senators are elected on the basis of one from each state, [3] for four year terms
Following the elections, the President and Vice-President are elected by the Congress, with only the four at-large Senators allowed to be candidates. [3]
| State | District | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuuk | Election District 1 | Florencio Singkoro Harper | 2,359 | 100 | Elected unopposed |
| Election District 2 | Victor Gouland | 3,793 | 69.08 | Elected | |
| Tesime Kofot | 1,698 | 30.92 | |||
| Election District 3 | Derensio S. Konman | 3,957 | 60.76 | Elected | |
| Bonsiano Fasy Nethon | 2,556 | 39.24 | |||
| Election District 4 | Tiwiter Aritos | 5,110 | 100 | Elected unopposed | |
| Election District 5 | Robson Romolow | 1,346 | 51.43 | Elected | |
| Williander D. Jack | 772 | 29.50 | |||
| Mathias Kuor | 499 | 19.07 | |||
| Kosrae | Election District | Paliknoa K. Welly | 1,538 | 97.16 | Elected |
| Write-in | 45 | 2.84 | |||
| Pohnpei | Election District 1 | Femy S. Perman | 3,156 | 60.88 | Elected |
| Merlynn Abello-Alfonso | 2,028 | 39.12 | |||
| Election District 2 | Dion G. Neth | 1,511 | 26.05 | Elected | |
| Berney Martin | 1,401 | 24.15 | |||
| Francisco L. Ioanis | 1,132 | 19.51 | |||
| Herman Semes Jr. | 865 | 14.91 | |||
| Nixon B. Soram | 535 | 9.22 | |||
| Naiten O. Phillip | 357 | 6.15 | |||
| Election District 3 | Esmond Moses | 2,548 | 76.33 | Elected | |
| Marstella E. Jack | 790 | 23.67 | |||
| Yap | Election District | Isaac V. Figir | 2,281 | 83.31 | Elected |
| Fidelis Thiyer-Fanoway | 457 | 16.69 | |||
| Source: CFSM | |||||
The constitutional amendment to allow dual citizenship was passed in all four states, but only by more than 75% of voters in Kosrae. [2]
| State | For | Against | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Chuuk | 12,735 | 61 | 39 | |
| Kosrae | 2,694 | 85 | 15 | |
| Pohnpei | 14,344 | 70.21 | 29.79 | |
| Yap | 1,563 | 52 | 48 | |
| Total | 31,336 | |||
| Source: Kaselehile Press, Direct Democracy | ||||
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