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1988 Palauan general election
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Presidential election
 
Candidate Ngiratkel Etpison Roman Tmetuchl
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 2,392 2,361
Percentage 26.28% 25.94%
 
Candidate Thomas Remengesau, Sr. John Ngiraked
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 1,773 769
Percentage 19.48% 8.45%
President before election

Thomas Remengesau, Sr.
Independent

Elected President

Ngiratkel Etpison
Independent

Vice presidential election
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Kuniwo Nakamura Kazuo Asamuna
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 5,482 3,328
Percentage 61.82% 37.53%
Vice President before election

Thomas Remengesau Sr.
Independent

Elected Vice President

Kuniwo Nakamura
Independent

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    Minister: Gustav Aitaro

General elections were held in Palau on 2 November 1988 to elect a president, vice president and members of the Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents. Ngiratkel Etpison was elected president, whilst Kuniwo Nakamura won the election for vice president. Voter turnout was 83%.

Results

President

CandidateVotes%
Ngiratkel Etpison2,39226.28
Roman Tmetuchl2,36125.94
Thomas Remengesau, Sr.1,77319.48
John Ngiraked7698.45
Yutaka Gibbons7318.03
Moses Uludong5906.48
Santos Olikong4765.23
Write-ins100.11
Total9,102100.00
Valid votes9,10298.83
Invalid/blank votes1081.17
Total votes9,210100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,14682.63
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice president

CandidateVotes%
Kuniwo Nakamura5,48261.82
Kazuo Asamuna3,32837.53
Write-in570.64
Total8,867100.00
Valid votes8,86796.28
Invalid/blank votes3433.72
Total votes9,210100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,14682.63
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Independents8,777100.00140
Total8,777100.00140
Valid votes8,77795.30
Invalid/blank votes4334.70
Total votes9,210100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,14682.63
Source: Nohlen et al.

House of Delegates

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Independents8,657100.00160
Total8,657100.00160
Valid votes8,65794.00
Invalid/blank votes5536.00
Total votes9,210100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,14682.63
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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