Английская Википедия:2008 Nauruan parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on April 26, 2008, following the dissolving of Parliament by President Marcus Stephen on April 18. The decision came after what Stephen referred to as "months of political deadlock". Of the parliament's eighteen members, nine supported the Stephen government and nine were in opposition.

Events leading to election

The deadlock had been exacerbated by a crisis between the President and the Speaker of Parliament, Opposition member David Adeang. On March 22, Adeang had called a Parliamentary session, allegedly without informing government ministers, who therefore did not attend. Opposition MPs, Adeang included, constituted a majority of legislators present, and passed a ruling outlawing dual citizenship for Members of Parliament. The ruling, if applied, would have affected senior Cabinet ministers Dr. Kieren Keke and Frederick Pitcher. Had they been compelled to resign from Parliament, the Opposition would have controlled a majority of seats in Parliament. The law was overturned as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and Adeang subsequently sought to suspend all pro-government MPs from Parliament, citing their allegedly "unruly behaviour". A week later, Stephen dissolved Parliament.

Two observers from the Pacific Islands Forum were present to monitor the election, at the request of the Nauruan government.

There were 65 candidates for the 18 seats, among whom were former Presidents Ludwig Scotty and René Harris.

Results

All nine supporters of Stephen (Stephen himself, Kieren Keke, Mathew Batsiua, Roland Kun, Frederick Pitcher, Sprent Dabwido, former Speaker Riddell Akua, Dominic Tabuna and Rykers Solomon) were reelected, while three opposition MPs (former President René Harris, Cyril Buraman and Fabian Ribauw) lost their seats; the government claims it has thus won the election. Indeed, all three newly elected MPs joined the government and thereby ended the legislative deadlock. The new parliament was expected to hold its first session on 29 April 2008.

By constituency

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Notes
Aiwo	Dantes Tsitsi	225.83	Re-elected
	Godfrey Awaire Thoma	203.32	Re-elected after previous defeat
	Aaron Stein Cook	187.43
	René Harris	181.70	Unseated
	Preston Thoma	152.77
	Elkoga Gadabu	136.75
	Invalid/blank votes	4
	Total Votes Cast	448
Anabar	Ludwig Derangadage Scotty	240.43	Re-elected
	Riddell Akua	227.67	Re-elected
	Tyrone Deiye	146.58
	James Deireragea	146.52
	David Peter Gadaraoa	125.06
	Espen Jubal Fritz	105.12
	Andre Adun	104.53
	Corey Menke	100.96
	Christopher Agiar Quadina	87.48
	Invalid/blank votes	13
	Total Votes Cast	467
Anetan	Marcus Stephen	325.57	Re-elected
	Landon Deireragea	236.35	Elected
	Cyril Buraman	228.27	Unseated
	Remy Namaduk	211.02
	Fabian Ika	181.57
	Invalid/blank votes	6
	Total Votes Cast	524
Boe	Mathew Batsiua	266.88	Re-elected
	Baron Divavesi Waqa	229.18	Re-elected
	Vollmer Mercury Appi	178.00
	Bernard Grundler	168.37
	Morgan Solomon	136.33
	Samuel Robinen Angabwiy	118.83
	Invalid/blank votes	2
	Total Votes Cast	450
Buada	Shadlog Bernicke	193.30	Re-elected
	Roland Kun	185.79	Re-elected
	Vinson Franco Detenamo	175.41
	Monte Depaune	150.95
	Alexander George Stephen	135.82
	Lionel Abungidage Fritz	114.13
	Yvette Duburiya	112.86
	Invalid/blank votes	8
	Total Votes Cast	420
Meneng	Rykers Solomon	320.23	Re-elected
	Sprent Dabwido	316.20	Re-elected
	Doneke Benedict Kepae	225.19
	Dogabe Jeremiah	207.75
	Nemo Levi Agadio	187.62
	Russell David Daoe	168.15
	Jeziel Jeremiah	156.50
	Darius Rock	147.62
	Joseph Laben Hiram	144.22
	Davey Roxen Agadio	137.62
	Rick Daoe	136.04
	Invalid/blank votes	25
	Total Votes Cast	736
Ubenide	Frederick William Pitcher	481.59	Re-elected
	David Adeang	406.76	Re-elected
	Valdon Kape Dowiyogo	383.00	Re-elected
	Aloysius Iyomogo Amwano	308.47	Re-elected after three previous defeats
	Ruston Marcus Kun	287.68
	Fabian Ribauw	260.03	Unseated
	Alf Itsimaera	222.96
	Renos Renige Agege	190.52
	Michael Grillo Dekarube	183.29
	Adonis Gioura	183.09
	Skipper Hiram	176.89
	Briar-Rose Alona	173.74
	Ceila Cecilia Giouba	173.74
	Michael Fury Roland	169.59
	Dempsey Keppa	168.17
	Invalid/blank votes	48
	Total Votes Cast	1,184
Yaren	Dominic Joselito Tabuna	227.83	Re-elected
	Kieren Keke	222.95	Re-elected
	Charmaine Scotty	166.90
	John Daigon Julius	110.82
	Brian Joseph Amwano	101.22
	Johnny Taumea Agadio	91.48
	Invalid/blank votes	2
	Total Votes Cast	378
Source: Republic of Nauru Government Gazette, 26 April, 2008