1988 Palauan general election

1988 Palauan general election

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Presidential election

Candidate Ngiratkel Etpison Roman Tmetuchl Party Independent Independent Popular vote 2,392 2,361 Percentage 26.28% 25.94%   Candidate Thomas Remengesau, Sr. John Ngiraked Party Independent Independent Popular vote 1,773 769 Percentage 19.48% 8.45%

President before election Thomas Remengesau, Sr. Independent Elected President Ngiratkel Etpison Independent

Vice presidential election

First party Second party   Candidate Kuniwo Nakamura Kazuo Asamuna Party Independent Independent Popular vote 5,482 3,328 Percentage 61.82% 37.53%

Vice President before election Thomas Remengesau Sr. Independent Elected Vice President Independent politician Thomas Remengesau Jr.

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General elections were held in Palau on 2 November 1988 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents.^[1] Ngiratkel Etpison was elected President, whilst Kuniwo Nakamura won the election for Vice-President. Voter turnout was 82.6%.