1980 Palauan general election

none 1984 Palauan general election 1984 Palau 4 November 1980 yes Presidential election presidential Haruo Ignacio Remeliik.jpg Haruo Remeliik Independent politician 1,955 31.20% Roman Tmetuchl.jpg Roman Tmetuchl Independent politician 1,608 25.66% High Commissioner Adrian P. Winkel Independent politician Haruo Remeliik Independent politician Elected President Vice-presidential election yes presidential no Alfonso Oiterong.jpg Alfonso Oiterong Independent politician 1,953 31.84% 3x4.svg Tosiwo Nakamura Independent politician 1,706 27.81% Vice-President Alfonso Oiterong Independent politician Senate election yes All 18 seats in the Senate 10 yes yes Independents 100 18 House election yes yes yes All 16 seats in the House of Delegates 9 Independents 100 16 General elections were held in Palau on 4 November 1980 to elect a president, vice-president, Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p752 0-19-924959-8 Haruo Remeliik won the election for president with 31.2% of the vote, whilst Alfonso Oiterong was elected vice-president. Voter turnout was 80%. Results President Haruo Remeliik 1955 Roman Tmetuchl 1608 Lazarus Salii 1453 John Ngiraked 992 David Ramarui 258 159 8032 Nohlen et al. Vice-President Alfonso Oiterong 1953 Tosiwo Nakamura 1706 Isidoro Rudimch 1364 Raymond Ulochong 567 Haruo Willter 544 291 8032 Nohlen et al. Senate Independents 6266 18 159 8032 Nohlen et al., PIM House of Delegates Independents 6266 16 159 8032 Nohlen et al., PIM Elected Congress members SenateConstituencyMemberAimeliik, Ngatpang,Ngaremlengui and NgardmauLucius MalsolMasami SikseiAiraiBaules SechelongKayangel and NgarchelongOlkeriil RehuherHank TakawoKororJoshua KoshibaKuniwo NakamuraPeter SugiyamaJohnson ToribiongEdward TemengilKaleb UduiMoses UludongNgaraardDavid NgirmidolJohn Tarkong, SnrNgeaur, Tobi and SonsorolAbel SuzukiNgiwal, Melekeok and NgchesarSeit AndresGeorge NgirarsaolPeleliuMiichungi SolangHouse of DelegatesAimeliikTern ObakerbauAiraiMengiraro NgiratechekiiKayangelKambalang OlebuuKororSantos OlikongMelekeokKazuo AsanumaNgaraardLaurentino UlechongNgarchelongJohnny ReklaiNgardmauAkiko SugiyamaNgatpangDemei OtobedNgchesarIgnacio AnastacioNgeaurCarlos SaliiNgeremlenguiBlau SkebongNgiwalHideo TermeteetPeleliuTakeshi KintolSonsorolMariano CarlosTobiPablo KyoshiSource: Pacific Islands Monthly Aftermath Following the elections, Haruo Remeliik and Alfonso Oiterong were sworn in as president and vice president on 1 January 1981. Kaleb Udui was elected president of the Senate, with Carlos Salii elected Speaker of the House of Delegates.New steps forward for Belau Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1981, p5 References Palau General Category:Elections in Palau Category:Non-partisan elections Category:Presidential elections in Palau