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2012 Kiribati presidential election information


2012 Kiribati presidential election
2012 Kiribati presidential election
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Nominee Anote Tong Tetaua Taitai Rimeta Beniamina
Party PTK KTK MKP
Popular vote 14,315 11,886 7,738
Percentage 42.18% 35.02% 22.80%

President before election

Anote Tong

Elected President

Anote Tong

Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 13 January 2012,[1] following two-round parliamentary elections held in October 2011. Incumbent President Anote Tong sought re-election to a third four-year term, ending months of speculation about his decision.[2][3]

Tong beat Tetaua Taitai of the United Coalition Party and Rimeta Beniamina of the Maurin Kiribati Party with a little over 42% of the vote.[4]

  1. ^ Kiribati elections delayed Radio Australia, 30 December 2011
  2. ^ Matau, Robert (2011-10-12). "Tong confirms contesting next election". Islands Business. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  3. ^ "Kiribati President confident he can win third term". Radio New Zealand International. 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference radioaustralia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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