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1997 Micronesian parliamentary election

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1997 Micronesian parliamentary election

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10 out of 14 seats in Congress

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 4 March 1997,[1] alongside a referendum on tax revenues.[2] All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents.

The referendum proposed modifying Chapter 5, Article IX of the constitution:

National taxes shall be imposed uniformly. Not less than 50% of the revenue shall be paid into the treasury of the state where collected.

to increase the amount of tax revenue returned to the states from 50% to 80%.[2] In order to pass, the change required the approval of at least 75% of voters in three of the four states.[2] Although it was approved by a majority in two states and in terms of the total number of votes, the 75% approval threshold was not passed in any of the four states.[2]

Results

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Congress

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Party Votes % Seats
Independents 100 14
Invalid/blank votes
Total 33,000 100 14
Source: IPU

Referendum

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Choice Votes % States
For 16,026 52.95 0
Against 14,242 47.05 4
Invalid/blank votes
Total 30,268 100 4
Source: Direct Democracy

By state

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State For Against Total
votes
Votes % Votes %
Chuuk 10,143 70.29 4,287 29.71 14,430
Kosrae 380 24.31 1,183 75.69 1,563
Pohnpei 4,212 35.74 7,573 64.26 11,785
Yap 1,291 51.85 1,199 48.15 2,490
Source: Direct Democracy

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p638 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ a b c d Federated States of Micronesia, 4 March 1997: 80% of tax revenues to the states Direct Democracy (in German)