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1997 Micronesian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 4 March 1997, alongside a referendum on tax revenues. All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents.

The referendum proposed modifying Chapter 5, Article IX of the constitution:

National taxes shall be imposed uniformly. Not less than 50% of the revenue shall be paid into the treasury of the state where collected.

to increase the amount of tax revenue returned to the states from 50% to 80%. In order to pass, the change required the approval of at least 75% of voters in three of the four states. Although it was approved by a majority in two states and in terms of the total number of votes, the 75% approval threshold was not passed in any of the four states.

Results

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Referendum

By state

References

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, 4 March 1997: 80% of tax revenues to the states Direct Democracy (in German)

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