2010 Tuvaluan general election

2010 Tuvaluan general election

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All 15 seats in the Parliament of Tuvalu
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Party Independents
Seats before 15

Prime Minister0000000 before election

Apisai Ielemia

Subsequent
Prime Minister

Maatia Toafa

Parliamentary elections were held in Tuvalu on 16 September 2010.[1][2] Voters elected fifteen members of the Parliament to a four-year term. All candidates were independents, as there are no political parties in the country. Ten out of the fifteen incumbent members were re-elected. The remaining five incumbents, including Deputy Prime Minister Tavau Teii, did not retain their seats.[3] The incumbent Prime Minister, Apisai Ielemia, retained his seat in Vaitupu constituency.[4] On 29 September, Maatia Toafa from Nanumea won eight of the fifteen votes to become Prime Minister.

However, on 24 December 2010, after a motion of no confidence, carried by eight votes to seven,[5] Maatia Toafa was replaced by Willy Telavi as Prime Minister of Tuvalu.[6]

Willy Telavi retained a bare majority through the term of his ministry until by-elections were won by candidates that supported the opposition. Willy Telavi attempted to avoid facing a vote of the parliament until he was forced to call parliament following the intervention of the governor-general. On 2 August 2013 Willy Tevali faced a motion of no confidence in the parliament: the voting was eight for the motion, four against.[7] On 4 August the parliament elected Enele Sopoaga as Prime Minister.[7][8][9]

Background

Parliament was dissolved on 13 August 2010, and registration began on 28 August.[10] There are no political parties in Tuvalu, so all candidates are non-partisan.[11]

Twenty-six candidates, including all sitting Members of Parliament, stood for the fifteen seats in Parliament.[12] Tuvalu has "about 6,000 eligible voters" – a little over half the country's population.[13][14]

Many candidates focused on climate change issues including Enele Sopoaga, a former Tuvalu Ambassador to the United Nations and Tuvalu's representative at the UN Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen in 2009.[15][16] Sopoaga stood for election in the Nukufetau constituency, and is reportedly considered a "national hero" for his diplomatic work at the Copenhagen Summit on climate change in December 2009.[16] Enele Sopoaga was elected by the voters of Nukufetau.

Controversy

Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia and Communications Minister Taukelina Finikaso, who are relatives, stood for election in the same Vaitupu constituency in the 2010 election.[11] (The top two vote earners in Vaitupu are elected to parliament). Finikaso filed a complaint against Ielemia prior to the election, accusing the Prime Minister of distributing voter registration forms before the official registration date.[11]

Results

There were 6,008 registered voters in the election, and voter turnout was reportedly strong.[17] Voting began at 8 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m. before counting commenced at the country's twelve polling stations.[18]

Prime Minister Ielemia retained his seat to win re-election from his Vaitupu constituency.[17] Ielemia's re-election prospects had been thought to be tenuous before the election.[17]

In total, ten MPs were re-elected, including Speaker Kamuta Latasi, while five incumbent MPs – including deputy Prime Minister Tavau Teii – lost their seats.[2][16][17] The announcement that ten sitting MPs had been re-elected was made by Speaker Kamuta Latasi the following day.[3][19]

Constituency Candidate Votes % Notes
Funafuti Kausea Natano 436 42.5 Elected
Kamuta Latasi 302 29.4 Elected
Samuelu Teo 289 28.1
Nanumaga Monise Lafai 379 41.9 Elected
Falesa Pitoi 296 32.7 Elected
Otinielu Tausi 230 25.4
Nanumea Maatia Toafa 531 37.7 Elected
Willy Telavi 443 31.5 Elected
Amuia Tapeva 434 30.8
Niutao Fauoa Maani 314 24.5 Elected
Vete Sakaio 314 24.5 Elected
Tomu Sione 235 18.3
Tavau Teii 218 17.0 Unseated
Iopu Iupasi Kaisala 200 15.6
Nui Isaia Italeli 263 24.6 Elected
Taom Tanukale 246 23.0 Elected
Alesana Seluka 203 19.0
Iopu Iupasi 200 18.7
Leneuoti Maatusi 159 14.8
Nukufetau Enele Sopoaga 490 40.5 Elected
Lotoala Metia 399 32.9 Elected
Elisala Pita 322 26.6
Nukulaelae Namoliki Sualiki 148 55.8 Elected
Vaefitu Luke Paeniu 117 44.2
Vaitupu Apisai Ielemia 597 38.7 Elected
Taukelina Finikaso 541 35.1 Elected
Ionatana Peia 403 26.2
Source: Tuvalu News[usurped], Psephos

Aftermath

Government formation

Speaker Latasi originally announced that all fifteen MPs would meet the following week to form a new government.[19] However, the election of a new Prime Minister was not held until 29 September 2010.[20] Incumbent Apisai Ielemia, who became caretaker prime minister after the election, hoped to form a new government, though he ultimately did not have the support in the new parliament.[20] Enele Sopoaga was reported as being a possible challenger for the premiership.[15]

A secret ballot to determine the next prime minister was held on 29 September 2010.[4] Maatia Toafa, who had served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2006 and the Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2010, won the ballot to become Tuvalu's next prime minister with five new members and three members of the previous government.[2][4] Toafa narrowly defeated Kausea Natano, who received seven votes in the ballot.[4] Toafa took office on the day of his election and named his Cabinet almost immediately. He included a number of first time MPs who had supported his bid for the premiership – including Enele Sopoaga, who became Minister for Foreign Affairs.[21][22] Isaia Taeia Italeli, the younger brother of Governor General Iakopa Taeia Italeli, became the speaker of parliament.[2]

However, on 15 December 2010, Prime Minister Maatia Toafa's government was ousted in a motion of no confidence, which followed Willie Telavi withdrawing his support for the government.[5] On 25 December 2010 Willy Telavi was elected prime minister with an (8:7) majority over Enele Sopoaga. Kamuta Latasi, was appointed Speaker.[2][6]

By-elections

Minister of Works Isaia Italeli died suddenly in July 2011,[23] which led to the 2011 Nui by-election in the following month. The election was won by his widow, Pelenike Isaia, who became only the second woman ever to have sat in the Tuvaluan Parliament.[2] The by-election was described as "pivotal", as Italeli's death had deprived Prime Minister Willy Telavi of his government's one seat majority in Parliament. Pelenike Isaia's election restored the one seat majority,[24] of the government of Willy Telavi.

Lotoala Metia, the MP for Nukufetau and Minister of Finance, died on 21 December 2012. The 2013 Nukufetau by-election was held on 28 June.[25] The Nukufetau by-election was won by the opposition candidate Elisala Pita.[26]

Constitutional crisis

After Pita's victory, a constitutional crisis developed when Prime Minister Telavi responded that, under the Constitution, he was only required to convene Parliament once a year, and was thus under no obligation to summon it until December 2013.[27] Tuvalu's opposition then requested the Governor-General Iakoba Italeli to intervene against the Prime Minister's decision.[28] On 3 July, Italeli exercised his reserve powers in ordering Parliament to convene, against the Prime Minister's wishes, on 30 July.[29]

The Governor-General, Iakoba Italeli, then proceeded to exercise his reserve powers to order Telavi to stand down as prime minister and appointed Enele Sopoaga as interim prime minister.[30][31] The Governor-General also ordered that parliament sit on Friday 2 August to allow a vote of no-confidence in Telavi and his government.[32]

On 2 August 2013 Willy Tevali faced a motion of no confidence in the parliament: the voting was eight for the motion, four against and one abstention.[7] On 4 August the parliament elected Enele Sopoaga as Prime Minister.[7][8][9]

Sopoaga gained further support in the parliament following the 2013 Nui by-election,[33][34][35] and the 2014 Nanumaga by-election.[36][37][38] Willy Telavi resigned from parliament in August 2014.[39][40] The result of the 2014 Nanumea by-election provided further support for the government of Enele Sopoaga.[41] A general election was set down for 19 March 2015.[42]

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