Английская Википедия:2003 Nauruan parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 3 May 2003 to elect members of the Parliament of Nauru. The election took place with Nauru having economic difficulties and a large budget deficit. This was the main issue in the election, which followed a period where a number of presidents had been elected for short periods of time. However the election resulted in deadlock for several weeks afterwards, with parliament divided between three candidates for president. It was only at the end of May that Ludwig Scotty was elected as the new president of Nauru and was able to form a new government.

Background

Under the constitution of Nauru the 18 members of parliament are elected at least every 3 years from 8 constituencies. Voters rank the candidates with the top 2 candidates being elected from 7 constituencies and 4 being elected from the 8th constituency. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of parliament from among themselves and can be removed by a majority vote in parliament.

Following the last election in 2000 Bernard Dowiyogo was elected president after the then president René Harris resigned. However Dowiyogo was defeated in a motion of non-confidence in April 2001 and Harris became president again. Harris served until 2003, but with the budget deficit increasing to almost half of Nauru's gross domestic product by 2002 and many government workers having not been paid in months, he was ousted after an extended deadlock in parliament in January 2003. Dowiyogo became president once more and served until his death in the United States in March 2003. Derog Gioura then became acting president until elections could be held in May.

Campaign

Major issues in the election included corruption and the mismanagement of the finances of Nauru, combined with declining incomes from the mining of phosphate. This had led the Asian Development Bank to state that Nauru's economy was in big trouble, with many public sector workers receiving their first pay in months on the day before the election. Another issue in the election was the detention centres set up in Nauru for people seeking asylum in Australia.

During the campaign for the election in which just under 4,500 people were eligible voters, the education minister Anthony Audoa called on Australia and New Zealand to run the election, as he claimed that his country would be unable to conduct a free and fair election. However President Gioura said Audoa had no authority to make that call and said that Nauru did not need any help in running the election. Audoa had had responsibility for the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust removed by President Gioura and the two men had fallen out as a result.

Results

The results saw 6 new members of parliament elected, with the remaining 12 retaining their seats. 15 of those elected were not members of any party, while the Nauru First party had the other 3 members. Among the new members were 2 of the Nauru First party and the Commonwealth Games gold medallist Marcus Stephen. While 5 sitting members lost seats including the education minister Anthony Audoa; the president Derog Gioura and the former presidents Kinza Clodumar and Rene Harris were re-elected.

By constituency

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Notes
Aiwo	Godfrey Awaire Thoma	200.160	Elected
	René Reynaldo Harris	161.819	Elected
	Amos Randall Cook	146.710
	Marlene Moses	114.755
	David Libokimedo Agir	112.767
	Preston Thoma	112.460
	Alfie Aongo Moses	105.502
	Invalid/blank votes	10
	Total Votes Cast	368
Anabar	Ludwig Derangadage Scotty	198.900	Elected
	Riddel Akua	194.517	Elected
	James Deireragea	190.650
	Godfrey Atsine Waidabu	133.933
	David Peter Gadaraoa	122.267
	Invalid/blank votes	7
	Total Votes Cast	375
Anetan	Marcus Stephen	215.278	Elected
	Remy Gerard Namaduk	189.377	Elected
	Vassal Abogo Gadoengin	145.460
	Cyril Buraman	132.851
	Paul Bronwick Ika	112.847
	Landon Deireragea	112.574
	Kelvin Hubert	105.990
	Julie Olsson	96.560
	Rimone Tom	93.792
	Timothy Aingimea	81.858
	Jacobus Tevaki Fritz	81.417
	Invalid/blank votes	14
	Total Votes Cast	467
Boe	Baron Divavesi Waqa	179.606	Elected
	Kinza Godfrey Clodumar	168.926
	Mathew Jansen Batsiua	166.739
	Tazio Gideon	153.448
	Clinton Denton Benjamin	124.843
	Chanda Pasulia Deiranauw	120.185
	Ross Melvin Cain	115.493
	August Detonga Deiye	107.761
	Sam Billiam	103.423
	Isaaz Eobwaoin Aremwa	86.765
	Ikelani Ruthven Capelle	85.658
	Leslie Dogida Adam	79.799
	Invalid/blank votes	11
	Total Votes Cast	492
Buada	Vinson Franco Detenamo	144.040	Elected
	Lyn Terangi Adam	128.461	Elected
	Thomas Deideren Star	119.215
	Roland Kun	109.601
	Nelson De-Burma Tamakin	103.261
	Bomere Nicholas Depaune	88.463
	Trevor Bernicke	78.870
	Manfred Rabaima Depaune	73.342
	Invalid/blank votes	4
	Total Votes Cast	311
Meneng	Dogabe Abner Jeremiah	298.602	Elected
	Nimrod Botelanga	294.555	Elected
	Sprent Jared Dabwido	262.346
	Rykers Solomon	187.351
	Simpson Arthur Simon	159.706
	Paul Aingimea	159.625
	John Pandit Nehru Bop	155.999
	Sire-Dee Demaure	147.897
	Ralph Steven	133.143
	Invalid/blank votes	19
	Total Votes Cast	655
Ubenide	David Adeang	255.723	Elected
	Russell Effaney Kun	207.386	Elected
	Fabian Ribauw	197.229	Elected
	Derog Gioura	191.600	Elected
	Valdon Kape Dowiyogo	185.769
	Jesaulenko Keto Dowiyogo	173.413
	Robbie Robidok Detudamo	169.810
	Ellington Dowabobo	162.222
	Alf Diranga Itsimaera	157.914
	Aloysius Iyogmago Amwano	149.588
	Ekedu Rarube Angelica Itsimaera	141.184
	Joseph Laben Hiram	138.367
	Renos Renige Ageage	133.271
	Dempsey Keppa	119.146
	Lui Eoaeo	115.419
	Francis Amram	114.263
	Cecilia Giouba	112.694
	Gwaine Gavin Dekarube	110.057
	Vincent Melvin Scotty	106.020
	Invalid/blank votes	43
	Total Votes Cast	829
Yaren	Pres Nimes Ekwona	114.451	Elected
	Kieren Aedogan Keke	113.300	Elected
	Leo Depagadogi Keke	97.900
	Robert Ingitebo Eoe	95.153
	Anthony Audoa	83.492
	Terence Debao	75.393
	Douglas Dogura Audoa	73.061
	John Daegan Akubor	69.624
	Antonius Jimwereiy	54.152
	Johnny Tamuea Agadio	53.343
	Brian Amwano	48.960
	Morde Moses Neneiya	48.887
	Allan Debao	48.584
	Invalid/blank votes	20
	Total Votes Cast	327
Source: Republic of Nauru Government Gazette, 5 May, 2003

Presidential election

Following the election Parliament met to elect a new president but was unable to reach agreement. Godfrey Thoma was initially elected speaker but resigned the following day as the speaker initially did not get a vote in the presidential election. With parliament evenly split between supporters of former president Kinza Clodumar, Nauru First member David Adeang and Ludwig Scotty, nobody was then willing to be elected speaker. The deadlock continued for several weeks with calls for new elections to break the stalemate.

However towards the end of May the impasse was broken when 2 of the 3 factions reached agreement. As a result, Nauru First member Fabian Ribauw was elected speaker and in return Ludwig Scotty was able to get enough support to become president. Scotty was elected president by 10 votes to 7 for Kinza Clodumar.

External links

• Constituency results