Meneng Constituency

Meneng
Meneng
Constituency
	Meneng Constituency within Nauru
	Coordinates: 0°33′0″S166°57′01″E / 0.55000°S 166.95028°E Coordinates: 0°33′0″S166°57′01″E / 0.55000°S 166.95028°E
Country	Nauru
Districts	1 (Meneng)
Area
• Total	3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,380
Time zone	(UTC+12)
Area code	+674
Members of Parliament	3

Last updated May 15, 2023

Meneng Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns three members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren. Previously, the Meneng Constituency returned two members of parliament, but in June 2013, the Electoral Act was amended to add an additional parliament member to the constituency. It comprises the Meneng District.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Seat 1
Member	Term	Party
Nimrod Botelanga	?-2004	Non-partisan
Sprent Dabwido	2004–2016	Nauru First
Lionel Aingimea	2016–present	Non-partisan
Seat 2
Member	Term	Party
Dogabe Jeremiah	?-2007	Non-partisan
Rykers Solomon	2007-2013	Non-partisan
Lyn-Wannan Tawaki Kam	2013–2022	Non-partisan
Jesse Jeremiah	2022–present
Seat 3
Member	Term	Party
Squire Jeremiah	2013–2016	Non-partisan
Vodrick Detsiogo	2016–2019
Khyde Menke	2019–present

Election results

Candidate	Preference votes											Total	Notes
Candidate	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Notes
Lionel Aingimea	442	174	98	57	47	42	43	80	80	129	147	643.612	Re-elected
Khyde Menke	223	349	117	77	52	38	39	44	64	136	191	530.630	Re-elected
Jesse Jeremiah	223	134	127	95	88	65	77	75	160	113	182	450.515	Elected
Tawaki Kam	146	128	160	109	98	77	153	94	114	134	126	394.145	Unseated
Vodrick Detsiogo	63	92	138	134	131	144	171	219	105	82	60	315.825
Robert Timothy	59	99	111	132	155	132	136	132	134	197	52	306.745
Wiram Wiram	83	81	114	89	94	103	92	136	171	140	236	304.314
Ronay Dick	16	79	218	192	175	169	156	116	99	78	41	298.646
Jim Brechtefeld	68	61	84	126	103	198	145	168	151	129	106	292.628
Samson Rock	3	78	100	121	229	167	171	146	131	101	92	254.914
Nickos Simon	4	64	72	207	167	204	156	129	130	100	106	292.628
Invalid/blank votes												36
Total												1375
Source: Electoral Commission of Nauru

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References

1 2 "Who comprises Parliament?". Government of the Republic of Nauru. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

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