2011 Nui by-election

None December 2020 2011 Nui by-election presidential Tuvalu Nui constituency no 2010 Tuvaluan general election 2010 2015 Tuvaluan general election 2015 24 August 2011 Pelenike Isaia Independent politician 336 55.08% Leneuoti Maatusi Independent politician 274 44.92% MP Isaia Italeli Independent politician Pelenike Isaia Independent politician A by-election was held in the Nui constituency in Tuvalu on 24 August 2011.Inter-Parliamentary Union Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) 2010 http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2327_E.htm 7 March 2013 It was triggered by the death of the incumbent, MP Isaia Italeli, the Minister for Works, who died quite suddenly in late July while in Samoa on government business. Although there are no political parties in Tuvalu, Members of Parliament align themselves with the government or with the Opposition, and Italeli's death had resulted in Prime Minister Willy Telavi's government losing its one-seat majority in Parliament. The by-election was thus highly important to the government's survival.http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=61940 Samoa police rule out foul play in death of Tuvalu minister 21 July 2011 Radio New Zealand International 1 November 2011"Tuvalu PM to remain in power", ABC Radio Australia (audio), 25 August 2011 Nui is a two-seat constituency, and in the 2010 general election it had returned Isaia Italeli and Taom Tanukale with 24.6% and 23% of the vote respectively, ahead of three other candidates.Tuvalu Election Results, 2010 general election, Tuvalu News For the by-election, only one seat would be provided for, Tanukale retaining the other. There were only two candidates: Pelenike Isaia, Italeli's widow, who was the candidate supported by Telavi's government; and Leneuoti Maatusi, who had stood unsuccessfully during the general election. Pelenike Isaia was elected with a 62-vote majority, by 336 votes to 274. She declared that she hoped to accomplish what her husband had set out to do, and added that she would be supporting Telavi's government. Her election made history, as she became only the second woman ever to sit in Tuvalu's Parliament, following Naama Maheu Latasi from 1989 to 1997."Women Need Support to Overcome Barriers Entering Parliament", Solomon Times, 11 May 2010 Result Nui by-election, 2011 Independent (politician) Pelenike Isaia 16px 336 55.1% Independent (politician) Leneuoti Maatusi 274 44.9% 62 10.1% Pro-government independent n/a 2010 result 2010 general election: Results for Nui Isaia Italeli 16px Independent (politician) 263 24.6 Taom Tanukale 16px Independent (politician) 246 23 Seluka Seluka Independent (politician) 203 19 Iopu Iupasi Independent (politician) 200 18.7 Leneuoti Maatusi Independent (politician) 159 14.8 See also List of by-elections in Tuvalu References Category:2011 elections in Oceania Category:2011 in Tuvalu Category:By-elections to the Parliament of Tuvalu Category:Non-partisan elections Category:August 2011 in Oceania