1970 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands parliamentary election

February 2025 Parliamentary elections were held in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands on 3 November 1970. Electoral system The bicameral Congress consisted of a 12-member Senate with two members from each of the six districts and a 21-member House of Representatives with seats apportioned to each district based on their population – five from Truk, four from the Marshall Islands and Ponape, three from the Mariana Islands and Palau and two from Yap.Report to the United Nations on the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Transmitted by the United States of America United States Department of State, pp173–174 Elections were held every two years in November of even-numbered years, with all members of the House of Representatives and half the Senate (one member from each district) renewed at each election. Results Senate DistrictElected MemberNotesMarianasEdward PangelinanMarshallsAmata KabuaRe-electedPalauRoman TmetuchlPreviously a RepresentativePonapeAmbilos IehsiTrukAndon AmaraichRe-electedYapPetrus TunSource: TTPI House of Representatives DistrictConstituencyElected MemberNotesMarianas1st DistrictFelipe Atalig2nd DistrictCarlos Shoda3rd DistrictHerman Q. GuerreroMarshalls4th DistrictCharles DomnickRe-elected5th DistrictHenry SamuelRe-elected6th DistrictEkpap SilkRe-elected7th DistrictAtaji BalosRe-electedPalau8th DistrictTimothy OlkeriilResults annulled9th DistrictGeorge Ngirarsaol10th DistrictTarkong PedroPonape11th DistrictJoab SigrahRe-elected12th DistrictBethwel HenryRe-elected13th DistrictHeinrich IriarteRe-elected14th DistrictOlter PaulRe-electedTruk15th DistrictRaymond SetikRe-elected16th DistrictSasauo HaruoRe-elected17th DistrictEndy DoisRe-elected18th DistrictMasao NakayamaRe-elected19th DistrictHans WilianderRe-electedYap20th DistrictJohn MangefelRe-elected21st DistrictJohn N. RugulimarRe-electedSource: TTPI, Highlights Aftermath Following the elections, the Progressive Party submitted a petition to annul the election results in Palau, where the Liberal Party had won all four contested seats (Roman Tmetuchl in the Senate and George Ngirarsaol, Timothy Olkeriil and Tarkong Pedro in the House of Representatives).Congress of Micronesia Election Results Highlights, 15 November 1970, p3 The Progressives claimed that non-registered people had been able to vote, and ballots had been tampered with. A Senate committee subsequently recommended that the election of Tmetuchl be annulled.Electoral dispute in Micronesia Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1971, p32 However, the Senate voted to allow Tmetuchl to take his seat, although the election of the three Palau House of Representatives members was annulled.Some Micronesian unity goes up in smoke Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1971, pp22–23 When the newly elected Congress met, Bethwel Henry of Ponape was re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives and Amata Kabua of the Marshall Islands was re-elected President of the Senate. The by-election for the three House of Representatives seats in Palau was held on 30 March, with Polycarp Basilius, Olkeriil and Pedro elected.Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands p196–197 References Trust Territory Category:Elections in the Federated States of Micronesia Category:Elections in the Marshall Islands Category:Elections in Palau Category:Elections in the Northern Mariana Islands Category:1970 in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands