Nui by-election, 2011

Nui by-election, 2011
Nui by-election, 2011
Tuvalu
2010 ←
24 August 2011

 
Candidate Pelenike Isaia Leneuoti Maatusi
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 336 274
Percentage 55.08% 44.92%

A by-election was held in the Nui constituency in Tuvalu on 24 August 2011. It was triggered by the death of the incumbent, MP Isaia Italeli, the Minister for Works, who died quite suddenly in late July while in Samoa on government business. Although there are no political parties in Tuvalu, Members of Parliament align themselves with the government or with the Opposition, and Italeli's death had resulted in Prime Minister Willy Telavi's government losing its one seat majority in Parliament. The by-election was thus highly important to the government's survival.[1] [2]

Nui is a two seat constituency, and in the 2010 general election it had returned Isaia Italeli and Taom Tanukale with 24.6% and 23% of the vote respectively, ahead of three other candidates.[3]

For the by-election, of course, only one seat would be provided for, Tanukale retaining the other. There were only two candidates: Pelenike Isaia, Italeli's widow, who was the candidate supported by Telavi's government; and Leneuoti Maatusi, who had stood unsuccessfully during the general election. Pelenike Isaia was elected with a 62 vote majority, by 336 votes to 274. She declared that she hoped to accomplish what her husband had set out to do, and added that she would be supporting Telavi's government.[4] [5]

Her election made history, as she became only the second woman ever to sit in Tuvalu's Parliament, following Naama Maheu Latasi from 1989 to 1997.[6]

Result

Nui by-election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Pelenike Isaia Symbol confirmed.svg 336 55.1%
Independent Leneuoti Maatusi 274 44.9%
Majority 62 10.1%
Pro-government independent hold Swing n/a

2010 Result

2010 general election: Results for Nui
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Isaia Italeli Symbol confirmed.svg 263 24.6%
Independent Taom Tanukale Symbol confirmed.svg 246 23%
Independent Seluka Seluka 203 19%
Independent Iopu Iupasi 200 18.7%
Independent Leneuoti Maatusi 159 14.8%

References

  1. ^ "Samoa police rule out foul play in death of Tuvalu minister". Radio New Zealand International. 21 July 2011. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=61940. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Tuvalu Government set to retain power", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 24 August 2011
  3. ^ Tuvalu Election Results, 2010 general election, Tuvalu News
  4. ^ "Tuvalu Government set to retain power", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 24 August 2011
  5. ^ "Tuvalu PM to remain in power", ABC Radio Australia (audio), 25 August 2011
  6. ^ "Women Need Support to Overcome Barriers Entering Parliament", Solomon Times, 11 May 2010

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