September 1993 Tuvaluan general election explained

Type:Parliamentary
Country:Tuvalu
Seats For Election:All 12 seats in the Parliament of Tuvalu
Previous Year:1989
Previous Election:1989 Tuvaluan general election
Next Year:November 1993
Next Election:November 1993 Tuvaluan general election
Election Date:2 September 1993
Party1:Independents
Seats1:12
Prime Minister
Before Election:Bikenibeu Paeniu
Posttitle:Subsequent
Prime Minister
After Election:Bikenibeu Paeniu (caretaker)

General elections were held in Tuvalu on 2 September 1993.[1] As there were no political parties, all candidates for the 12 seats ran as independents. Prime Minister Bikenibeu Paeniu was re-elected, along with all members of his cabinet, except Naama Latasi. However, supporters of Paeniu held six seats while supporters of the previous Prime Minister Tomasi Puapua (Otinielu Tausi, Koloa Talake, Faimalaga Luka, Vave Founuku and Vavae Katalake) held the other six.[2]

In order to break the impasse, the Governor-General dissolved Parliament on 22 September and fresh elections were held in November.[3]

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.