1998 Kiribati presidential election

Second re-election of Teburoro Tito July 2024 July 2024 Kiribati presidential 1994 Kiribati presidential election 1994 February 2003 Kiribati presidential election Feb 2003 27 November 1998 File:Teburoro Tito (cropped).jpg 13,309 52.33% No image.png 11,658 45.84% dcdcdc dcdcdc President Teburoro Tito Teburoro Tito Teburoro Tito Harry Tong Home island Tabiteuea Tabuaeran 100px Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 27 November 1998. Incumbent president Teburoro Tito was reelected with 52.33 percent of the vote, defeating challengers Harry Tong and Amberoti Nikora. Background and campaign Deputy opposition leader Teburoro Tito, who had previously served as opposition leader, was elected President of Kiribati in the 1994 presidential electionEast Thomas 2003 274 as a member of the Christian Democratic Party.Edge Corrin de Than 2019 5 His government and the opposition both lost seats in the House of Assembly during the September 1998 parliamentary elections.East Thomas 2003 275Freedom House 1998 The candidates were chosen by the House of Assembly, voting on which three of its members would appear on the ballot. It selected Tito, Harry Tong, and Amberoti Nikora.Edge Corrin de Than 2019 5 Nikora was chosen to represent the opposition party Boutokan Te Koaua.Freedom House 1998 Results The presidential election was held on 27 November.Somoza 2001 679 Tito was reelected with 52.33 percent of the vote.Somoza 2001 682–683 It was the second election, following the one of 1994, in which the vote difference of the winner and the runner up was greater than the combined votes of other candidates.Edge Corrin de Than 2019 5 Teburoro Tito 13309 Harry Tong 11658 Amberoti Nikora 465 SomozaSomoza 2001 682 Aftermath Tito was reelected again in the February 2003 presidential election, but his government was dissolved the following month through a motion of no confidence. He was succeeded by Anote Tong.Edge Corrin de Than 2019 5 Notes References East Roger Profiles of People in Power Thomas Richard J. 2003 Routledge 9781315759517 https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/freehou/1998/en/95095 Freedom in the World 1998 - Kiribati 1998 Freedom House Refworld Freedom House 1998 https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/b9778f10-23ec-423e-8210-300045fd00c4/1/ The Appointment and Removal of the Head of Government of the Kiribati Republic Edge Peter Corrin Jennifer de Than Claire 2019 Oxford Brookes University 10.24384/zw43-2s19 Somoza Alexander Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific 2001 Oxford University Press 9780191600012 Nohlen Dieter Kiribati https://academic.oup.com/book/36353/chapter/319884688 subscription Grotz Florian Hartmann Christof 673–686 Kiribati President Category:Presidential elections in Kiribati Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results