2019 Nauruan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 24 August 2019.^[1] President Baron Waqa lost his seat in Boe Constituency, making him ineligible for a third term.^[2] Following the elections, Lionel Aingimea was elected President, winning a parliamentary vote 12–6 against David Adeang.^[3]

2019 Nauruan parliamentary election

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All 19 seats in Parliament
President before election Baron Waqa President after election Lionel Aingimea

Electoral system

The 19 members of Parliament were elected from eight multi-member constituencies using the Dowdall system, a version of ranked voting; voters rank candidates, with the votes counted as a fraction of one divided by the ranking number (e.g. a candidate ranked second will be scored as ½); the candidates with the highest total were elected.^[4]

Conduct

Speaker Cyril Buraman issued a notice in the Republic of Nauru Government Gazette on 15 July 2019 announcing the date of the general election was 24 August.^[5] The 2019 general election was observed by two international organizations: the Pacific Islands Forum and the Commonwealth Secretariat.^[6]

Results

Out of 7,508 registered voters, 7,167 cast a vote, resulting in a turnout of 95.46%. 7,037 votes were valid and the remaining 130 either blank or invalid.^[7]

Aiwo

Candidate	Preference votes								Total	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Rennier Gadabu	177	189	106	81	69	54	97	35	368.115	Elected
Milton Dube	193	94	54	55	56	50	106	200	331.426	Re-elected
Aaron Cook	170	128	74	55	41	55	133	152	327.783	Unseated
Delvin Thoma	99	113	159	168	102	87	55	25	296.382
Preston Thoma	102	59	69	78	123	125	95	157	252.630
Dantes Tsitsi	33	58	118	144	137	154	100	64	212.686
Evi Agir	26	89	99	108	153	150	121	62	211.136
Lance Agir	8	78	129	119	127	133	101	113	195.870
Invalid/blank votes									15
Total									823
Source: Nauru Electoral Commission

Anabar

Candidate	Preference votes						Total	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Maverick Eoe	157	128	76	71	56	65	286.117	Elected
Pyon Deiye	150	107	95	64	68	69	276.267	Elected
Ludwig Scotty	116	37	54	56	59	231	216.800
Riddell Akua	83	73	61	86	180	70	209.000	Unseated
Jeb Bop	29	116	158	104	96	50	193.200
Transom Duburiya	18	92	109	172	94	68	173.467
Invalid/blank votes							8
Total							561
Source: Nauru Electoral Commission

Anetan

Candidate	Preference votes								Total	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Timothy Ika	412	253	49	22	20	24	79	50	585.869	Elected
Marcus Stephen	158	100	72	59	51	65	214	190	322.105	Elected
Antonius Atuen	118	118	103	92	114	174	160	30	312.740
Cyril Buraman	163	71	47	34	50	84	91	369	305.792	Unseated
Vaiuli Amoe	3	133	269	218	111	87	54	34	262.331
Konrad Ika	37	78	178	186	194	143	51	42	257.002
Joseph Harris	15	109	96	175	216	130	121	47	233.277
Darryl Tom	3	47	95	123	153	202	139	147	191.415
Invalid/blank votes									15
Total									924
Source: Nauru Electoral Commission

Boe

Candidate	Preference votes					Total	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5
Martin Hunt	261	164	161	130	95	448.167	Elected
Asterio Appi	204	201	142	174	90	413.333	Re-elected
Baron Waqa	188	79	58	132	354	350.633	Unseated
Mathew Batsiua	144	98	189	232	148	343.600
Brett Satto	14	269	261	143	124	296.050
Invalid/blank votes						5
Total						816
Source: Nauru Electoral Commission

Buada

Candidate	Preference votes							Total	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Shadlog Bernicke	270	102	29	48	37	68	119	378.400	Re-elected
Bingham Agir	174	155	67	47	40	100	90	323.107	Re-elected
Linkbelt Detabene	92	74	108	76	79	71	173	236.348
Sean Halstead	37	115	133	111	112	134	31	215.745
Arrow Depuane	53	56	86	112	185	98	83	202.857
Rowan Detenamo	15	101	128	181	97	97	54	196.698
Richie Halstead	32	70	122	98	123	105	123	191.838
Invalid/blank votes								7
Total								680
Source: Nauru Electoral Commission

Meneng

Candidate	Preference votes									Total	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Lionel Aingimea	256	118	58	66	64	104	120	149	186	437.401	Re-elected
Khyde Menke	159	226	154	163	182	99	39	57	42	434.346	Elected
Tawaki Kam	207	104	116	69	73	127	98	135	192	402.892	Re-elected
Jesse Jeremiah	172	129	150	112	99	111	99	176	73	397.054
Vodrick Detsiogo	142	162	142	90	95	79	200	102	109	378.433	Unseated
Squire Jeremiah	149	141	112	96	83	99	116	113	212	368.185
Ronay Dick	11	125	169	206	183	154	122	92	59	279.084
Paner Baguga	12	54	112	183	186	159	168	147	100	239.269
Chubasco Diranga	13	62	108	136	156	189	159	150	148	234.609
Invalid/blank votes										13
Total										1,134
Source: Nauru Electoral Commission

Ubenide

There was a recount in the Ubenide Constituency after six ballot papers were found in the Nauruan parliament chamber. The results were ultimately unchanged.^[8]

Candidate	Preference votes												Total	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
David Adeang	383	282	214	153	98	45	54	46	55	52	55	83	697.375	Re-elected
Russ Kun	241	233	389	176	87	39	49	61	73	67	73	32	593.806	Re-elected
Reagan Aliklik	247	190	163	135	121	88	74	56	53	55	76	262	526.653	Elected
Wawani Dowiyogo	224	208	133	106	123	81	87	88	90	64	259	57	505.057	Elected
Ranin Akua	198	224	95	98	52	69	58	49	73	137	126	341	464.160	Unseated
Gabrissa Hartman	93	154	216	377	113	89	56	84	110	108	78	42	425.796	Unseated
Vyko Adeang	94	61	64	89	234	141	164	184	187	144	85	73	333.800
Kay Aliklik	4	39	69	90	198	331	194	162	129	130	100	74	254.322
Aloysius Amwano	9	47	39	57	127	176	167	361	201	133	112	91	236.864
Maximillian Kun	5	34	60	75	161	146	243	137	170	171	241	77	233.437
Renos Agege	15	30	51	87	107	142	134	132	129	293	144	256	227.517
Darned Dongobir	7	18	27	77	99	173	240	160	250	166	171	132	218.092
Invalid/blank votes													62
Total													1,582
Source: Nauru Electoral Commission

Yaren

Candidate	Preference votes					Total	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5
Charmaine Scotty	444	94	37	28	39	518.133	Re-elected
Isabella Dageago	81	128	153	148	132	257.400	Elected
Kieren Keke	69	107	117	196	153	241.100	Unseated
Dominic Cain	34	178	130	155	145	234.083
John Julius	14	135	205	115	173	213.183
Invalid/blank votes						5
Total						647
Source: Nauru Electoral Commission

Presidential election

Following the elections, the newly elected MPs elected the president, who was required by the constitution be a member of parliament.^[9] Incumbent president Baron Waqa lost his seat in parliament, which meant he was ineligible.^[10] Lionel Aingimea defeated David Adeang of Nauru First by twelve votes to six.^[3]