2019 Tuvaluan general election

2019 Tuvaluan general election

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All 16 seats in the Parliament of Tuvalu
  First party
 
Party Independents
Seats before 16

Results by constituency

Prime Minister0000000 before election

Enele Sopoaga

Subsequent
Prime Minister

Kausea Natano

General elections were held in Tuvalu on 9 September 2019.[1] There were 37 candidates seeking election to the Parliament, two of whom are women: Valisi Alimau, who was contesting in the Nukufetau electorate, and Puakena Boreham who was seeking re-election in the Nui electorate.[2]

On 19 September 2019, Kausea Natano was voted into the office of Prime Minister of Tuvalu by a parliamentary majority consisting of 10 MPs.[3] He thus replaced incumbent Enele Sopoaga, who had been holding the position for the past six years and was seeking re-election to a new term.[4][5] Samuelu Teo was elected as Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu.[6]

  1. ^ "Tuvalu to go to the polls on 9 September". Radio New Zealand. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ Tahana, Jamie (7 September 2019). "Sopoanga hopes he's done enough for re-election when Tuvalu goes to the polls". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ "New Tuvalu PM will not attend UN Climate Summit in New York". PACNEWS. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ Evan Wasuka & Alan Weedon (19 September 2019). "Pacific climate change champion Enele Sopoaga is no longer Tuvalu's PM — so who's next in?". Australian broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  5. ^ Colin Packham & Jonathan Barrett (19 September 2019). "Tuvalu changes PM, adds to concerns over backing for Taiwan in Pacific". Reuters. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Kausea Natano new PM of Tuvalu; Sopoaga ousted". Radio NZ. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

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