2016 Kiribati presidential election
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Turnout | 33,247 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 9 March 2016. The result was a victory for Taneti Maamau of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party, who received 60% of the vote, with Rimeta Beniamina (United Coalition Party, but nominated by Pillars of Truth) on 38.6% and Tianeti Ioane (also Pillars of Truth) 1.5%.[1][2]
Results
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Taneti Maamau | Tobwaan Kiribati Party | 19,833 | 59.96 | |
Rimeta Beniamina | Pillars of Truth | 12,764 | 38.59 | |
Tianeti Ioane | Pillars of Truth | 482 | 1.46 | |
Total | 33,079 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 33,079 | 99.49 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 168 | 0.51 | ||
Total votes | 33,247 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Pina |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Taneti Maamau declared new president of Kiribati Radio New Zealand, 10 March 2016
- ^ Maamau becomes Kiribati president Archived 2016-03-11 at the Wayback Machine TRT World, 10 March 2016