1998 Kiribati parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati on 23 September 1998, with a second round on 30 September. Although all candidates for the 40 seats ran as independents, they could be divided into three groups; the National Progressive Party, Protect the Maneaba, and unaffiliated independents. Independents emerged as the largest group in the House of Assembly with 15 of the 40 seats.

Results


Party		Seats	+/–
	Protect the Maneaba	14	+1
	National Progressive Party	11	+4
	Independents	15	–4
Total		40	+1

Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p679 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen et al., p681
Kiribati: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union
Observations on the new Kiribati parliament Archived 2020-11-17 at the Wayback Machine Pacific Islands Report, 12 October 1998

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