Country: | Niue |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 19 March 1999 |
Previous Election: | 1996 Niuean general election |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Next Election: | 2002 Niuean general election |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Seats For Election: | All 20 seats in the Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 10 |
General elections were held in Niue on 19 March 1999 to determine the composition of the twenty member national Assembly.[1] Fourteen incumbents retained their seats, with Premier Frank Lui a notable exception.[2] [3] Following the election, the Niue People's Party was able to form a government, and its leader Sani Lakatani was elected premier, defeating O'Love Jacobsen 14–6. Former Assembly member Tama Posimani was elected Speaker by an identical margin.[3]