2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election explained

Country:

Northern Mariana Islands

Election Date:

5 November 2005

Module:

Election Name:

Senate election

Embed:

yes

Previous Election:

2001

Next Election:

2005

Seats For Election:

3 of the 9 seats in the Senate

Majority Seats:

Noleader:

yes

Nopercentage:

yes

First Election:

yes

Party1:

Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands)

Seats1:

Party2:

Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands)

Seats2:

Party3:

Democratic Party (Northern Mariana Islands)

Seats3:

Party4:

Independents

Seats4:

Module:

Election Name:	House election
Embed:	yes
Previous Election:	2001
Next Election:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 18 seats in the House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	10
Noleader:	yes
Nopercentage:	yes
First Election:	yes
Party1:	Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands)
Seats1:	9
Party2:	Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands)
Seats2:	7
Party3:	Democratic Party (Northern Mariana Islands)
Seats3:	1
Party4:	Independents
Seats4:	1

The 2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Monday, 3 November 2003, electing members to the legislature.^[1] The 2003 elections also marked the first general election that the dissolved Reform Party, which merged back into the Democratic Party in 2002,^[2] would not appear on the ballot.

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

Senate

Regular elections

The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature, consisting of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a Multi-member district with three senators. Each district had one seat open for the 2003 elections.

District	Candidate	Votes	%
align=left rowspan=2	Rota 1st Senatorial District	Paul Atalig Manglona	719	57.25
Manases Manglona Barcinas	537	42.75
align=left rowspan=2	Tinian 2nd Senatorial District	Henry Hofschneider San Nicolas	615	67.96
David Mendiola Cing	290	32.04
align=left rowspan=5	Saipan 3rd Senatorial District	Luis Palacios Crisostimo	2,275	33.30
Jose Camacho Mafnas	1,787	26.16
Andrew Sablan Salas	1,348	19.73
Ramon Santos Deleon Guerrero	1,318	19.29
Joaquin Terlaje Quitugua	103	1.51
align=left colspan=4	Source:^[5]

Special elections

District	Candidate	Votes	%
align=left rowspan=3	Rota 1st Senatorial District	Paterno Songao Hocog	652	51.34
Juan Masga Ayuyu	448	35.28
Fermina Manglona Atalig	170	13.39
align=left rowspan=2	Tinian 2nd Senatorial District	Joseph Masga Mendiola	555	61.60
Manuel Pangelinan Villagomez	346	38.40
align=left colspan=4	Source:

House of Representatives

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The house has six districts, several of which are Multi-member district. All 18 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives were contested in the 2003 election.

District	Candidate	Votes	%
align=left rowspan=20	District 1: Saipan	David Mundo Apatang	1,913	10.70
Timothy Pangelinan Villagomez	1,530	8.56
Benjamin Benavente Seman	1,279	7.16
Janet Ulloa Maratita	1,266	7.08
Martin Borja Ada	1,140	6.38
Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero	1,010	5.65
Manuel Agulto Tenorio	969	5.42
Florencio Bobby Pan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero	953	5.33
Pedro Pangelinan Castro	918	5.14
Juan Cepeda Tudela	910	5.09
James Duenas Cabrera	859	4.81
Gerald Benavente Salas	778	4.35
Herman Tudela Palacios	763	4.27
Antonio Muna Camacho	732	4.10
Jack Camacho Muna	623	3.49
Francisco Deleon Guerrero Demapan	596	3.33
Atanacio Ayuyu Taitingfong	552	3.09
Pedro Cabrera Sablan	493	2.76
Isidro Terlaje Ada	396	2.22
Bernard Sablan Guerrero	195	1.09
align=left rowspan=4	District 2: Saipan	Oscar Manglona Babauta	502	35.73
Jesus San Nicolas Lizama	458	32.60
Vicente Aldan Ichihara	228	16.23
Manasses Sablan Borja	217	15.44
align=left rowspan=18	District 3: Saipan & Northern Islands	Benigno Repeki Fitial	1,129	9.50
Heinz Sablan Hofschneider	1,100	9.25
Jesus Torres Attao	990	8.33
Arnold Indalecio Palacios	906	7.62
Ray Naraja Yumul	888	7.47
Ramon Angailen Tebuteb	788	6.63
William Sablan Torres	743	6.25
Stanley Estanislao Tudela Mcginnis Torres	730	6.14
Francisco Santos Dela Cruz	697	5.86
Melvin Lawrence Odoshi Faisao	686	5.77
Charles Palacios Reyes Jr.	601	5.06
Maximo Lairopi Olopai	521	4.38
Isidro Atalig Sablan	505	4.25
Luis Salas Camacho	367	3.09
Vicente Cabrera Camacho	353	2.97
Remedio Laniyo Seman	333	2.80
Antonio Aguon Santos	285	2.40
Christopher Bares Sablan	264	2.22
align=left rowspan=5	District 4: Saipan	Justo Songao Quitugua	901	28.29
Claudio Kotomar Norita	805	25.27
Gloria Annette Dela Cruz Cabrera	542	17.02
Francisco Leon Guerrero Aldan	531	16.67
Ignacio Villagomez Cabrera	406	12.75
District 5: Tinian	Norman Sablan Palacios	692	100
align=left rowspan=3	District 6: Rota	Crispin Manglona Ogo	541	43.95
Daniel Ogo Quitugua	476	38.67
Laura Inos Manglona	214	17.38
align=left colspan=4	Source:

Judges

Judge	For retention		Against retention		Total
Judge	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total
Juan Tudela Lizama	7,247	71.62	2,871	28.38	10,118
align=left colspan=6	Source:

Notes and References

Web site: 2006-11-03 . Flashback November 03, 2000-2003 . 2023-12-18 . Saipan Tribune . en.
Web site: Staff . Variety News . 2002-06-13 . Tenorio returns to Democratic Party . 2023-12-24 . Marianas Variety News & Views . en.
Web site: Members of the House of Representatives, 13th Commonwealth Legislature . 2023-12-24 . cnmileg.net.
Web site: Members of the Senate, 13th Commonwealth Legislature . 2023-12-24 . cnmileg.net.
Web site: 2003 Election Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810015040/http://www.votecnmi.gov.mp/2003eresults.php . 10 August 2011 . Commonwealth Election Commission.