The 2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Monday, 3 November 2003, electing members to the legislature. The 2003 elections also marked the first general election that the dissolved Reform Party, which merged back into the Democratic Party in 2002, would not appear on the ballot.
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature
Results summary
Parties House Election Results Seat Change Party Strength 2001 2003 +/− Strength
Covenant 1 9 8 50.00%
Republican 16 7 9 38.89%
Independent 0 1 1 5.56%
Democratic 1 1
5.56%
Totals 18 18 100.00%
Parties Senate Election Results Seat Change Party Strength 2001 2002 2003 +/− Strength
Covenant 1 1 3 2 33.33%
Republican 5 5 2 3 22.22%
Democratic 2 3 2 1 22.22%
Independent 0 0 2 2 22.22%
Reform 1 0 0 0 0.00%
Totals 9 9 100.00%
Senate Regular elections The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature, consisting of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a Multi-member district with three senators. Each district had one seat open for the 2003 elections.
District Candidate Votes %Rota 1st Senatorial District Paul Atalig Manglona 719 57.25Manases Manglona Barcinas 537 42.75Tinian 2nd Senatorial District Henry Hofschneider San Nicolas 615 67.96David Mendiola Cing 290 32.04Saipan 3rd Senatorial District Luis Palacios Crisostimo 2,275 33.30Jose Camacho Mafnas 1,787 26.16Andrew Sablan Salas 1,348 19.73Ramon Santos Deleon Guerrero 1,318 19.29Joaquin Terlaje Quitugua 103 1.51Source:
Special elections
District Candidate Votes %Rota 1st Senatorial District Paterno Songao Hocog 652 51.34 Juan Masga Ayuyu 448 35.28 Fermina Manglona Atalig 170 13.39Tinian 2nd Senatorial District Joseph Masga Mendiola 555 61.60 Manuel Pangelinan Villagomez 346 38.40Source:
House of Representatives
The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The house has six districts, several of which are Multi-member district. All 18 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives were contested in the 2003 election.
District Candidate Votes %District 1: Saipan David Mundo Apatang 1,913 10.70 Timothy Pangelinan Villagomez 1,530 8.56 Benjamin Benavente Seman 1,279 7.16 Janet Ulloa Maratita 1,266 7.08 Martin Borja Ada 1,140 6.38 Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero 1,010 5.65 Manuel Agulto Tenorio 969 5.42 Florencio Bobby Pan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero 953 5.33 Pedro Pangelinan Castro 918 5.14 Juan Cepeda Tudela 910 5.09 James Duenas Cabrera 859 4.81 Gerald Benavente Salas 778 4.35 Herman Tudela Palacios 763 4.27 Antonio Muna Camacho 732 4.10 Jack Camacho Muna 623 3.49 Francisco Deleon Guerrero Demapan 596 3.33 Atanacio Ayuyu Taitingfong 552 3.09 Pedro Cabrera Sablan 493 2.76 Isidro Terlaje Ada 396 2.22 Bernard Sablan Guerrero 195 1.09District 2: Saipan Oscar Manglona Babauta 502 35.73 Jesus San Nicolas Lizama 458 32.60 Vicente Aldan Ichihara 228 16.23 Manasses Sablan Borja 217 15.44District 3: Saipan & Northern Islands Benigno Repeki Fitial 1,129 9.50 Heinz Sablan Hofschneider 1,100 9.25 Jesus Torres Attao 990 8.33 Arnold Indalecio Palacios 906 7.62 Ray Naraja Yumul 888 7.47 Ramon Angailen Tebuteb 788 6.63 William Sablan Torres 743 6.25 Stanley Estanislao Tudela Mcginnis Torres 730 6.14 Francisco Santos Dela Cruz 697 5.86 Melvin Lawrence Odoshi Faisao 686 5.77 Charles Palacios Reyes Jr. 601 5.06 Maximo Lairopi Olopai 521 4.38 Isidro Atalig Sablan 505 4.25 Luis Salas Camacho 367 3.09 Vicente Cabrera Camacho 353 2.97 Remedio Laniyo Seman 333 2.80 Antonio Aguon Santos 285 2.40 Christopher Bares Sablan 264 2.22District 4: Saipan Justo Songao Quitugua 901 28.29 Claudio Kotomar Norita 805 25.27 Gloria Annette Dela Cruz Cabrera 542 17.02 Francisco Leon Guerrero Aldan 531 16.67 Ignacio Villagomez Cabrera 406 12.75District 5: Tinian Norman Sablan Palacios 692 100District 6: Rota Crispin Manglona Ogo 541 43.95 Daniel Ogo Quitugua 476 38.67 Laura Inos Manglona 214 17.38Source:
Municipal Council
Board of education
Judges
JudgeFor retentionAgainst retentionTotalVotes%Votes% Juan Tudela Lizama7,24771.622,87128.3810,118Source:
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