ꞋAreꞌare constituency

ꞌAreꞌare was a single-member constituency of the Governing Council and Legislative Assembly of the Solomon Islands. Created in 1973 when the Governing Council was expanded from 17 to 24 seats, it was located on the island of Malaita. In the 1973 elections the seat was won by David Kausimae, who had been elected in the South Central Malaita constituency in the 1970 elections, defeating Peter Kenilorea.^[1] It was abolished in 1976 and succeeded by East ꞌAreꞌare (which was won by Kenilorea, who went on to be appointed the Islands' first Chief Minister) and West ꞌAreꞌare (in which Kausimae was elected).^[1]

ꞌAreꞌare
Former single-member constituency for the Legislative Assembly of the Solomon Islands
Region	Malaita Province
Former constituency
Created	1973
Abolished	1976
Created from	South Central Malaita
Replaced by	East ꞌAreꞌare & West ꞌAreꞌare

List of MPs

Term	MP	Party
1973–1976	David Kausimae

Election results

1973

1973 general election
Candidate	Party	Votes
David Kausimae		1,223
Peter Kenilorea		714
Total		1,937
Registered voters
Source: Election Passport