2001 Micronesian parliamentary election explained

Election Name:2001 Micronesian parliamentary election
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Election Date:6 March 2001
Country:Federated States of Micronesia
Previous Year:1999
Previous Election:1999 Micronesian parliamentary election
Next Year:2003
Next Election:2003 Micronesian parliamentary election
Seats For Election:10 of the 14 seats in Congress

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 6 March 2001. As there were no political parties, all 18 candidates ran as independents. Four candidates were elected unopposed.

Electoral system

At the time of the election, Congress consisted of 14 members, of which 10 were elected for two-year terms and four elected for four-year terms. The 2001 elections were for the ten two-year seats.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents10010
Total10010
align=left colspan=4Source: Adam Carr

Elected members

StateSeatElected memberNotes
align=left rowspan=5ChuukDistrict 1Henry Asugar
District 2Roosevelt KansouUnopposed
District 3Jack Fritz
District 4John Petewon
District 5Simeon InnocentiUnopposed
KosraeClaude PhillipUnopposed
align=left rowspan=3PohnpeiDistrict 1Dohsis Halbert
District 2Wagner Lawrence
District 3Peter M. Christian
YapIsaac FigirUnopposed
align=left colspan=5Source: Adam Carr

Notes and References

  1. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/m/micronesia/micronesia2001.txt Federated States of Micronesia Congressional election of 6 March 2001