2007 Kiribati presidential election

2007 Kiribati presidential election
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Turnout56.98%
 
Candidate Anote Tong Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa
Party PTK Independent
Popular vote 15,664 8,149
Percentage 64.29% 33.44%
Home Island Tabuaeran
President before election

Anote Tong

 Elected President

Anote Tong

Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 17 October 2007,[1] following the 2007 parliamentary election. President Anote Tong, who was re-elected to parliament in the first round of the parliamentary election, sought another term as president.[2] At the first parliamentary session,[1] four candidates were chosen to appear on the ballot: Anote Tong, Patrick Tatireta, Timon Aneri, and Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa. Opposition nominees Harry Tong (Anote Tong's brother) and Tetaua Taitai were excluded from the ballot,[3] upon which the opposition called for a boycott of the election.[4]

Consequently, voter turnout was just above 50%. Tong received more than 15,500 votes, Mwemwenikarawa received over 8,000 votes, and Tatireta and Anera received less than 400 votes each.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Unclear election results for Kiribati President", ABC Radio Australia, 31 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Kiribati president returned at general election, likely will form new government", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), 23 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Nominations prompt call for Kiribati poll boycott", ABC Radio Australia, 21 September 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Tong re-elected Kiribati president", ABC Radio Australia, 18 October 2007.