1996 Palauan general election

General elections were held in Palau in 1996 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. The first round of the presidential election took place on 24 September, whilst the run-off election and the election for the House of Delegates and Senate took place on 5 November. All candidates ran as independents,[1] with 36 candidates contesting the 14 Senate seats and 35 for the 16 House of Delegates seats Incumbent Kuniwo Nakamura was re-elected President, whilst Thomas Remengesau Jr. was re-elected Vice-President. Voter turnout was 77.0% in the presidential elections on 24 September and 81.4% on 5 November.

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Results

President
Candidate First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Kuniwo Nakamura4,90052.76,05264.3
Johnson Toribiong3,09233.2Withdrew
Yutaka Gibbons1,13114.13,35635.7
Invalid/blank votes127-715-
Total9,43210010,123100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Toribiong withdrew from the second round due to his poor performance compared to 1992 and the collapse of the Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, which Toribiong stated should receive the government's full attention.[2]

Vice-President
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Remengesau Jr.6,67268.7
Kione Isechal3,03831.1
Invalid/blank votes413-
Total10,123100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate
Party Votes % Seats
Independents9,48710014
Invalid/blank votes736--
Total10,12310014
Source: Nohlen et al.

House of Delegates
Party Votes % Seats
Independents9,66510016
Invalid/blank votes568--
Total10,12310016
Source: Nohlen et al.
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References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen, D.; Grotz, F. & Hartmann, C. (2001). Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p. 757 ISBN 0-19-924959-8.
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