2021 Micronesian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections will be held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 2 March 2021,[1] to elect ten of the fourteen seats of the Congress of Micronesia for a two-year term. There are no political parties and all candidates stand as independents.
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Electoral system
The 14-member Congress has ten members elected every two years by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies and four senators (representing each of the four states, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae) who are elected every four years, the last time being in 2019 and the next time in 2023.[2]
Aftermath
Following the election, the new Congress will elect the President of the Republic, who has to be one of the four federal senators.
References
- Federated States Of Micronesia IFES Election Guide
- "Micronesia (Federated States of): Congress: Electoral system". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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