Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 7 March 2017,Federated States Of Micronesia IFES alongside a referendum on allowing dual citizenship. Although the proposed constitutional amendment to allow dual citizenship was approved by a majority of voters, it did not pass the threshold of 75% voting in favour in at least three of the four states.FSM voters go to the polls—Dual Citizenship again fails to pass voter scrutiny Kaselehile Press, 20 March 2017
Electoral system The 14 members of Congress are elected by two methods; ten are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting for two year terms. The four at-large Senators are elected on the basis of one from each state,Electoral system IPU for four year terms
Following the elections, the President and Vice-President are elected by the Congress, with only the four at-large Senators allowed to be candidates.
Results Congress StateDistrictCandidateVotes%NotesChuukElection District 1Florencio Singkoro Harper2,359100Elected unopposedElection District 2Victor Gouland3,79369.08ElectedTesime Kofot1,69830.92Election District 3Derensio S. Konman3,95760.76ElectedBonsiano Fasy Nethon2,55639.24Election District 4Tiwiter Aritos5,110100Elected unopposedElection District 5Robson Romolow1,34651.43ElectedWilliander D. Jack77229.50Mathias Kuor49919.07KosraeElection DistrictPaliknoa K. Welly1,53897.16ElectedWrite-in452.84PohnpeiElection District 1Femy S. Perman3,15660.88ElectedMerlynn Abello-Alfonso2,02839.12Election District 2Dion G. Neth1,51126.05ElectedBerney Martin1,40124.15Francisco L. Ioanis1,13219.51Herman Semes Jr.86514.91Nixon B. Soram5359.22Naiten O. Phillip3576.15Election District 3Esmond Moses2,54876.33ElectedMarstella E. Jack79023.67YapElection DistrictIsaac V. Figir2,28183.31ElectedFidelis Thiyer-Fanoway45716.69Source: CFSM
Referendum The constitutional amendment to allow dual citizenship was passed in all four states, but only by more than 75% of voters in Kosrae.
StateForAgainstVotes%Votes%Chuuk12,73561 39Kosrae2,69485 15Pohnpei14,34470.21 29.79Yap1,56352 48Total31,336 Source: Kaselehile Press, Direct Democracy
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