General elections were held in

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on 31 March 2015. The state of emergency created by

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resulted in the election being delayed twice. The election was originally scheduled for 19 March, then after Cyclone Pam caused damage to the islands, the election was rescheduled for 26 March.

Electoral system

The 15 members of

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were elected in eight constituencies. Fourteen members were elected under

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, while one was elected using

first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

. Seven islands were two-seat constituencies, whilst

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was a single-member constituency.Electoral system
IPU

Results

In the

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electorate the caretaker prime minister,

Enele Sopoaga Enele Sosene Sopoaga Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (born 10 February 1956) is a Tuvaluan diplomat and politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2013 to 2019. Sopoaga was elected to Parliament of Tuvalu, Parliament in the 2010 T ...

, and the caretaker natural resources minister,

Elisala Pita Elisala Pita (d. 22 August 2016) was a Tuvaluan politician. Pita "had a long and distinguished career with the Fisheries Department" in Tuvalu, "culminating in his being employed as a Fisheries Adviser with the USAID". For the latter position, h ...

, were not opposed by other candidates.

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, the caretaker minister for home affairs and rural development, was not opposed in the

electorate. The other islands had contested ballots. In the constituencies of Nui and

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there were 5 and 6 candidates respectively, including former members of parliament. On Nui

Pelenike Isaia Pelenike Tekinene Isaia served in the Parliament of Tuvalu from 2011 to 2015. Before her election as an MP she worked for the Tuvalu Cooperative Society, as its branch manager in Nui. Her career in national politics began when she won the Aug ...

and Leneuoti Matusi were not returned to parliament. On Nuitao Vete Sakaio, the deputy-prime minister, was not re-elected; the election was otherwise a good result for the government of Enele Sopoaga. Enele Sopoaga was sworn in as prime minister and appointed the ministers to the cabinet on 10 April.

References

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