1987 Kiribati presidential election

Politics of Kiribati
Executive
  • President
    Taneti Maamau
  • Vice-President
    Teuea Toatu
  • Cabinet
Legislative
  • House of Assembly
    Speaker: Tangariki Reete
    Members
Judiciary
  • Court of Appeal
    President: Sir Peter Blanchard
  • High Court
    Chief Justice: Bill Hastings (suspended)
Elections
Subdivisions
  • v
  • t
  • e

Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 12 May 1987.[1] The result was a victory for incumbent Ieremia Tabai, who received 50.12% of the vote. Voter turnout was 78%.

Results

CandidateVotes%
Ieremia Tabai10,80050.12
Teburoro Tito9,19742.68
Teatao Teannaki1,5507.19
Total21,547100.00
Registered voters/turnout78.3
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p679 ISBN 0-19-924959-8