1984 Palauan general election

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30 November 1984

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Presidential election


Candidate	Haruo Remeliik	Roman Tmetuchl	Yutaka Gibbons
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	4,050	2,482	1,418
Percentage	50.94%	31.22%	17.84%

President before election

Haruo Remeliik
Independent

Elected President

Haruo Remeliik
Independent

Vice presidential election


Candidate	Alfonso Oiterong	Sadang Silmai	John Tarkong
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	4,252	2,373	866
Percentage	56.76%	31.68%	11.56%

Vice President before election

Alfonso Oiterong
Independent

Elected Vice President

Alfonso Oiterong
Independent

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General elections were held in Palau on 30 November 1984 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents. Incumbent Haruo Remeliik won the election for President with 50.9% of the vote, whilst Alfonso Oiterong was re-elected to the post of Vice-President.

In the parliamentary elections, only five incumbent Senators were re-elected, while 11 of the 16 members of the House of Delegates were returned. Voter turnout was 83.9%.

Results

President


Candidate	Votes	%
Haruo Remeliik	4,050	50.94
Roman Tmetuchl	2,482	31.22
Yutaka Gibbons	1,418	17.84
Total	7,950	100.00

Valid votes	7,950	98.62
Invalid/blank votes	111	1.38
Total votes	8,061	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	9,605	83.93
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice-President


Candidate	Votes	%
Alfonso Oiterong	4,252	56.76
Sadang Silmai	2,373	31.68
John Tarkong	866	11.56
Total	7,491	100.00

Valid votes	7,491	92.93
Invalid/blank votes	570	7.07
Total votes	8,061	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	9,605	83.93
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Independents			14	–4
Total				14	–4

Total votes		8,061	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,605	83.93
Source: Nohlen et al.

House of Delegates


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Independents			16	0
Total				16	0

Total votes		8,061	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,605	83.93
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
Palau: A win for Remeliik Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1985, p27

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