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Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 2 March 2021, [1] to elect ten of the fourteen seats of the Congress of Micronesia for a two-year term. There are no political parties and all candidates stood as independents.
The 14-member Congress has ten members elected every two years by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies and four senators (representing each of the four states, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae) who are elected every four years, the last time being in 2019 and the next time in 2023. [2]
| State | District | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuuk | Election District 1 | Florencio Singkoro Harper | 2,181 | 100 | Re-elected unopposed |
| Election District 2 | Victory Gouland | 3,162 | 74.21 | Re-elected | |
| Johnson Elimo | 1,099 | 25.79 | |||
| Election District 3 | Derensio Konman | 4,419 | 100 | Re-elected unopposed | |
| Election District 4 | Tiwiter Aritos | 4,053 | 100 | Re-elected unopposed | |
| Election District 5 | Robson Urak Romlow | 1,318 | 64.93 | Re-elected | |
| Ruphin Micky | 712 | 35.07 | |||
| Kosrae | Election District | Paliknoa Welly | 1,916 | 58.94 | Re-elected |
| Johnson Asher | 1,335 | 41.06 | |||
| Pohnpei | Election District 1 | Ferny Perman | 2,244 | 51.34 | Re-elected |
| Ausen Lambert | 2,127 | 48.66 | |||
| Election District 2 | Dion Neth | 1,954 | 43.55 | Re-elected | |
| Quincy Lawrence | 1,601 | 35.68 | |||
| Berney Martin | 932 | 20.77 | |||
| Election District 3 | Esmond Moses | 1,697 | 44.55 | Re-elected | |
| Erik Paul | 1,291 | 33.89 | |||
| Jose Joab | 490 | 12.86 | |||
| Marstella Jack | 331 | 8.69 | |||
| Yap | Election District | Isaac Figir | 2,314 | 100 | Re-elected unopposed |
| Source: Office of the National Election Director | |||||
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Joseph John "Joe" Urusemal is a Micronesian political figure who served as the sixth President of the Federated States of Micronesia from 2003 until 2007.
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