1980 Palauan general election

General elections were held in Palau on 4 November 1980 to elect a president, vice-president, Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p752 Haruo Remeliik won the election for president with 31.2% of the vote, whilst Alfonso Oiterong was elected vice-president. Voter turnout was 80%.

Results President

Vice-President

Senate

House of Delegates

Elected Congress members SenateConstituencyMemberAimeliik, Ngatpang,Ngaremlengui and NgardmauLucius MalsolMasami SikseiAiraiBaules SechelongKayangel and NgarchelongOlkeriil RehuherHank TakawoKororJoshua KoshibaKuniwo NakamuraPeter SugiyamaJohnson ToribiongEdward TemengilKaleb UduiMoses UludongNgaraardDavid NgirmidolJohn Tarkong, SnrNgeaur, Tobi and SonsorolAbel SuzukiNgiwal, Melekeok and NgchesarSeit AndresGeorge NgirarsaolPeleliuMiichungi SolangHouse of DelegatesAimeliikTern ObakerbauAiraiMengiraro NgiratechekiiKayangelKambalang OlebuuKororSantos OlikongMelekeokKazuo AsanumaNgaraardLaurentino UlechongNgarchelongJohnny ReklaiNgardmauAkiko SugiyamaNgatpangDemei OtobedNgchesarIgnacio AnastacioNgeaurCarlos SaliiNgeremlenguiBlau SkebongNgiwalHideo TermeteetPeleliuTakeshi KintolSonsorolMariano CarlosTobiPablo KyoshiSource: Pacific Islands Monthly

Aftermath Following the elections, Haruo Remeliik and Alfonso Oiterong were sworn in as president and vice president on 1 January 1981. Kaleb Udui was elected president of the Senate, with Carlos Salii elected Speaker of the House of Delegates.New steps forward for Belau Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1981, p5

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