2000 Nauruan parliamentary election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 8 April 2000.[1] All candidates ran as independents. Following the election René Harris was elected President by the Parliament, defeating Bernard Dowiyogo by one vote.[1] However, following the resignation of Speaker Ludwig Scotty and Deputy Speaker Ross Cain, Cain resigned, and Dowiyogo was subsequently elected president.[1] Voter turnout was 88.8%.[2]

Politics of Nauru
Constitution
Institutions
Executive

Legislative

Judicial
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
Related topics

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
Independents18
Total18
Total votes3,400–
Registered voters/turnout3,82988.80
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. Nauru Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p702 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.