1987 Micronesian parliamentary election

1987 Micronesian parliamentary election
All 14 seats in Congress
President before election; Tosiwo Nakayama;	Elected President ; John Haglelgam;

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 3 March 1987 alongside a referendum on having a four-year term of office for all members of Congress.^[1] All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents, whilst the referendum proposal was rejected by voters.^[2]

Results[edit]

Referendum[edit]

Choice	Popular vote		State vote
Choice	Votes	%	State vote
For	11,984	37.37	0
Against	20,079	62.63	4
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	32,063	100	4
Registered voters/turnout			–
Source: Direct Democracy

By state[edit]

State	For		Against		Total
State	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total
Chuuk	6,618	37.34	11,104	62.66	17,722
Kosrae	1,040	50.58	1,016	49.42	2,056
Pohnpei	4,125	36.62	7,139	63.38	11,264
Yap	201	19.69	820	80.31	1,021
Source: Direct Democracy

References[edit]

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p638 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ Federated States of Micronesia, 3 March 1987: Four year term of office for all Congress members Direct Democracy (in German)

[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p638 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

[2] Federated States of Micronesia, 3 March 1987: Four year term of office for all Congress members Direct Democracy (in German)

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