Editing Elections in Nauru

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{{Politics of Nauru}}
Nauru elects on a national level a [[head of state]] (the [[President (government title)|president]]) and a [[legislature]]. [[Parliament of Nauru|Parliament]] has 19 members (increased from 18 for the [[2013 Nauruan parliamentary election|2013 election]]), elected for a three-year term in multi-seat [[constituency|constituencies]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Who comprises Parliament? - The Government of the Republic of Nauru|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/about-parliament/who-comprises-parliament.aspx|access-date=22 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824210905/http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/about-parliament/who-comprises-parliament.aspx|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The president is elected for a three-year term by the parliament.

However, there are frequent changes of government in [[Nauru]] which occur without an election;{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} most recently, in October 2023, when [[David Adeang]] was elected as the new [[President of Nauru]] following a no-confidence vote for [[Russ Kun]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-30 |title=David Adeang elected as the new President of Nauru |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/501301/david-adeang-elected-as-the-new-president-of-nauru |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref>

==Voting system==
The 19 seat members of the [[Parliament of Nauru]] are elected through the [[Borda count#Dowdall system (Nauru)|Dowdall System]], a [[decimalised]] modification of a preferential [[Borda count]]. The voter must rank all candidates in order of preference (see [[Ranked voting systems|preferential voting]]). Each vote is then counted using the formula 1/n, according to ranking order. For example, a candidate ranked first receives one point, the second candidate receives half a point, the third candidate receives a third of a point, and so on. Each legal vote is aggregated in order to determine a decimal score for each candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nauru|url=http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=150|work=Electionguide.org|access-date=13 December 2011}}</ref> For example, in the [[June 2010 Nauruan parliamentary election]] the then president [[Marcus Stephen]] regained his [[Anetan Constituency]] seat after receiving 349.617 decimal votes from a total of 630 votes.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Results of the General Election held on 19th June, 2010|url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament/files/June%202010%20election%20results.pdf|work=naurugov.nr/parliament/index.html|access-date=16 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122014443/http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament/files/June%202010%20election%20results.pdf|archive-date=22 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Voter eligibility and election administration==
The voting age in Nauru, as specified by the Article 29 of the [[Constitution of Nauru|Constitution]], is 20 years old.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://aceproject.org/electoral-advice/archive/questions/CDCountry?set_language=en&topic=VR&country=NR|title=Nauru|publisher=[[ACE Electoral Knowledge Network]]|date=2019|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref> Voting is compulsory for citizens of Nauru. Early voting is held for the week before elections, for Nauruans who cannot make it to the polls on election day. A proxy can be appointed if a Nauruan citizen is out of the country on election day.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://election.com.nr/for-voters/|title=For Voters|publisher=[[Nauru Electoral Commission]]|date=|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>

Elections in Nauru are administered by the [[Nauru Electoral Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/nauru/freedom-world/2022|title=Nauru|publisher=[[Freedom House]]|date=2022|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref> Before its founding in 2016, elections were administered by the chief secretary, a political appointment by the president.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://thecommonwealth.org/news/nauru-elections-commonwealth-brings-credibility-strengthening-democracy|title=Nauru elections: Commonwealth brings 'credibility in strengthening democracy'|publisher=[[Commonwealth of Nations]]|date=17 February 2017|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>

==Latest elections==
{{Main|2022 Nauruan parliamentary election}}

==See also==
* [[Electoral calendar]]
* [[Electoral system]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/nauru/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
*[https://www.angelfire.com/ma/maxcrc/elections.html/   Maximiliano Herrera Electoral Calendar]

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