1997 Micronesian general election

none 1997 Micronesian parliamentary election legislative no 4 March 1997 Federated States of Micronesia 1995 1995 Micronesian parliamentary election 1999 1999 Micronesian parliamentary election 10 out of 14 seats in Congress Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 4 March 1997,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p638 0-19-924959-8 alongside a referendum on tax revenues.Federated States of Micronesia, 4 March 1997: 80% of tax revenues to the states Direct Democracy de All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents. The referendum proposed modifying Chapter 5, Article IX of the constitution: National taxes shall be imposed uniformly. Not less than 50% of the revenue shall be paid into the treasury of the state where collected. to increase the amount of tax revenue returned to the states from 50% to 80%. In order to pass, the change required the approval of at least 75% of voters in three of the four states. Although it was approved by a majority in two states and in terms of the total number of votes, the 75% approval threshold was not passed in any of the four states. Results Congress PartyVotes%SeatsIndependents 10014Invalid/blank votes ––Total33,00010014Source: IPU Referendum ChoiceVotes%StatesFor16,02652.950Against14,24247.054Invalid/blank votes ––Total30,2681004Source: Direct Democracy By state StateForAgainstTotalvotesVotes%Votes%Chuuk10,14370.294,28729.7114,430Kosrae38024.311,18375.691,563Pohnpei4,21235.747,57364.2611,785Yap1,29151.851,19948.152,490Source: Direct Democracy References Micronesia Category:1997 in the Federated States of Micronesia Category:Elections in the Federated States of Micronesia Category:Referendums in the Federated States of Micronesia Category:Non-partisan elections Micronesia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results