2016 Kiribati presidential election

2016 Kiribati presidential election

9 March 2016
Turnout	33,247
Candidate Taneti Maamau Rimeta Beniamina Party TKP PTK Popular vote 19,833 12,764 Percentage 59.96% 39.59% Home Island Onotoa Nikunau
President before election Anote Tong PTK Elected President Taneti Maamau TKP

Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 9 March 2016. The result was a victory for Taneti Maamau of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party, who received 60% of the vote, with Rimeta Beniamina (United Coalition Party, but nominated by Pillars of Truth) on 38.6% and Tianeti Ioane (also Pillars of Truth) 1.5%.^[1][2]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Taneti Maamau	Tobwaan Kiribati Party	19,833	59.96
	Rimeta Beniamina	Pillars of Truth	12,764	38.59
	Tianeti Ioane	Pillars of Truth	482	1.46
Total			33,079	100.00
Valid votes			33,079	99.49
Invalid/blank votes			168	0.51
Total votes			33,247	100.00
Source: Pina

Notes

References

1. Taneti Maamau declared new president of Kiribati Radio New Zealand, 10 March 2016
2. Maamau becomes Kiribati president Archived 2016-03-11 at the Wayback Machine TRT World, 10 March 2016