| Country: | Kiribati |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Kiribati presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Kiribati presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | 22 June 2020 |
| Turnout: | 44,031 (79.67%) |
| Image1: | File:Taneti Maamau 2022 (cropped).jpg |
| Popular Vote1: | 26,053 |
| Percentage1: | 59.32% |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,866 |
| Percentage2: | 40.68% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Taneti Maamau |
| After Election: | Taneti Maamau |
| Candidate1: | Taneti Maamau |
| Candidate2: | Banuera Berina |
| 1Data1: | Onotoa |
| 1Data2: | Kuria |
| Party1: | Tobwaan Kiribati Party |
| Party2: | Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party |
| After Party: | Tobwaan Kiribati Party |
| Before Party: | Tobwaan Kiribati Party |
A presidential election was held in Kiribati on 22 June 2020.[1] Incumbent President Taneti Maamau of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party was re-elected with 59% of the vote.[2] The election occurred after the parliamentary election, which happened in April.
Relations with China and Taiwan was the main issue during the elections, with Maamau having switched Kiribati's recognition to China from Taiwan, while Berina seen as more sympathetic toward Taiwan.[3] The elections were seen by many as a critical test for the Chinese Communist Party's expansionist foreign policy.[4] [5]
The results were declared on 23 June 2020 by Chief Justice John Muria at the Ministry of Justice headquarters in South Tarawa. Maamau won the election with 59% of the vote, receiving a majority in 16 of the 23 constituencies, while Berina finished first in seven constituencies.[6] [7]
| Abaiang | 1,372 | 1,030 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abemama | 1,066 | 466 | |
| Aranuka | 346 | 231 | |
| Arorae | 71 | 420 | |
| Banaba | 66 | 109 | |
| Beru | 609 | 497 | |
| Betio | 4,033 | 2,264 | |
| Butaritari | 927 | 541 | |
| Kiritimati | 1,706 | 1,473 | |
| Kuria | 131 | 424 | |
| Maiana | 95 | 849 | |
| Makin | 404 | 483 | |
| Marakei | 972 | 244 | |
| Nikunau | 584 | 297 | |
| Nonouti | 338 | 962 | |
| North Tarawa | 1,846 | 1,006 | |
| Onotoa | 811 | 20 | |
| Tabiteuea North | 1,011 | 552 | |
| Tabiteuea South | 465 | 201 | |
| Tabuaeran | 168 | 621 | |
| Tamana | 218 | 179 | |
| 8,347 | 4,732 | ||
| Teraina | 4,65 | 265 | |
| Total | 26,053 | 17,866 |