2014 Nanumaga by-election

none 2014 Nanumaga by-election presidential Tuvalu One of the two Nanumaga seats in the Parliament of Tuvalu.Elected by simple majority using first past the post. no 2010 Tuvaluan general election 2010 14 January 2014 Otinielu Tausi Independent (politician) - - Halo Tuavai Independent (politician) - - Pai Teatu Independent (politician) - - Falesa Pitoi independent (politician) - independent (politician) A by-election was held in the Nanumaga constituency in Tuvalu on 14 January 2014."New speaker for Tuvalu in the new year?" https://web.archive.org/web/20140116075556/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/2014/1/pacific-update/new-speaker-for-tuvalu-in-the-new-year/ 2014-01-16 , Islands Business, January 2014 It followed the seat being declared vacant because of the ill-health of the incumbent Opposition MP Dr. Falesa Pitoi, on health grounds. Context Dr. Pitoi, a dentist, had served as one of the two MPs for Nanumaga since 2006, and had been appointed Minister for Education, Youth and Sport in Prime Minister Willy Telavi's government on 24 December 2010. In January 2013, he was taken seriously ill while on an official visit to Cuba. He was hospitalised, and later travelled to New Zealand for further treatment. His prolonged absence from Parliament contributed to the Telavi government losing its parliamentary majority; Pitoi and the rest of Cabinet were voted out of office by Parliament on 2 August."Tuvalu opposition votes out government", Radio New Zealand International, 2 August 2013 Though still absent from the country, Pitoi was now officially an Opposition MP to the new government led by Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga. In December 2013, Governor-General Sir Iakoba Italeli declared Pitoi's seat vacant in accordance with Section 99 (2) of the Tuvalu Constitution following a medical report on his health; he had now been away from the country for eleven months. Consequently, a by-election was announced to replace him."Tuvalu to hold by-election in Nanumaga", Radio New Zealand International, 11 December 2013 Monise Laafai retained the other Nanumaga seat, for which he had been elected in 2010. The Sopoaga government hoped to win Pitoi's vacant seat from the Opposition, which would grant the government a two thirds majority in Parliament, and enable it in particular to elect a new Speaker, replacing Sir Kamuta Latasi, whom Sopoaga accused of being partisan. Candidates Three candidates stood in the by-election: former Speaker, former deputy Prime Minister and former MP for Nanumaga Otinielu Tausi; Halo Tuavai, also a former Nanumaga MP;"Tuavai joins government", Tuvalu News, 2 September 2005 and Pai Teatu.Islands Business - From RNZI/ FENUI NEWS/PACNEWS Tuvalu by-election sees former speaker win seat 17 January 2014 http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/4299/tuvalu-by-election-sees-former-speaker-win-seat/ 17 January 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140201163034/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/4299/tuvalu-by-election-sees-former-speaker-win-seat/ 1 February 2014 Result and consequences The by-election for the vacancy in the Nanumaga electorate occurred on 14 January 2014.Matau Robert Islands Business New speaker for Tuvalu in the new year? January 2014 http://www.islandsbusiness.com/2014/1/pacific-update/new-speaker-for-tuvalu-in-the-new-year/ 15 January 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140116075556/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/2014/1/pacific-update/new-speaker-for-tuvalu-in-the-new-year/ 16 January 2014 Otinielu Tausi was the successful candidate. Radio New Zealand Tuvalu by-election sees former speaker win seat 16 January 2014 http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/233496/tuvalu-by-election-sees-former-speaker-win-seat 16 January 2014 He did not immediately announce whether he supported the government or opposition, but eventually opted to join Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga's parliamentary majority, providing the Prime Minister with a two thirds majority in the Parliament."Former Tuvalu Speaker joins government" https://web.archive.org/web/20140201200034/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/4347/former-tuvalu-speaker-joins-government/ 2014-02-01 , Islands Business, 22 January 2014 On 4 March 2014, Tausi was elected Speaker."Tuvalu’s new speaker" https://web.archive.org/web/20140305122627/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/tuvalu/4782/tuvalus-new-speaker/ 2014-03-05 , Islands Business, 4 March 2014 Nukufetau by-election, 2013 Non-partisan Otinielu Tausi 16px Non-partisan Halo Tuavai Non-partisan Pai Teatu Government Opposition 2010 result Nanumaga constituency results Brian Cannon Tuvalu Election Results http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/archives/2010/2010-09-16.html Tuvalu News Tuvaluislands.com 16 September 2010 2010-09-17 2011-06-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110628185654/http://tuvaluislands.com/news/archives/2010/2010-09-16.html usurped Monise Laafai 16px Non-partisan 379 41.9 Falesa Pitoi 16px Non-partisan 296 32.7 Otinielu Tausi Non-partisan 230 25.4 Falesa Pitoi Monise Laafai Otinielu Tausi References Category:2014 elections in Oceania Category:2014 in Tuvalu Category:By-elections to the Parliament of Tuvalu Category:Non-partisan elections Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:January 2014 in Oceania