General elections were held in the

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on 21 November 2011. The general election is held every four years. An estimated 36,000 Marshallese voted in the election. Final results were not known until after 5 December 2011, when overseas ballots were due. Results indicated the incumbent president was likely to have the same one-vote majority in parliament he had before the election. Health minister

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and former foreign minister Gerald Zackios lost reelection due to postal ballots. A tie in the race for the

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seat was only broken after a recount.

Results

References

Elections in the Marshall Islands

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