November 1993 Tuvaluan general election explained

Type:Parliamentary
Country:Tuvalu
Seats For Election:All 12 seats in the Parliament of Tuvalu
Previous Year:September 1993
Previous Election:September 1993 Tuvaluan general election
Next Year:1998
Next Election:1998 Tuvaluan general election
Election Date:25 November 1993
Party1:Independents
Seats1:12
Prime Minister
Before Election:Bikenibeu Paeniu (caretaker PM)
Posttitle:Subsequent
Prime Minister
After Election:Kamuta Latasi

Early general elections were held in Tuvalu on 25 November 1993,[1] after the previous elections in September had resulted in a deadlock in Parliament, with supporters of incumbent and former Prime Ministers Bikenibeu Paeniu and Tomasi Puapua holding an equal number of seats.[2]

As there were no political parties, all candidates for the 12 seats ran as independents. Following the elections, Puapua stepped aside and Kamuta Latasi was elected Prime Minister on 10 December, defeating Paeniu by seven votes to five.[3] Otinielu Tausi became Deputy Prime Minister, while Tomasi Puapua was appointed Speaker.

While Naama Latasi was not re-elected in the September elections, she regained her seat in parliament in the November elections.[2]

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Web site: Taafaki . Tauaasa . South Pacific – Governance in the Pacific: the dismissal of Tuvalu's Governor-General . Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU (No 96/5) . 1996. 28 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Inter-Parliamentary Union. Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) . 1993. 7 March 2013.