The leader of the Commonwealth Secretariat's election observer mission to Nauru, Anote Tong, says polling day on the island has been competent, transparent, free and fair.
RNZI reports the mission released an interim report on the election for the country's 19-seat parliament which was conducted at the weekend.
Mr Tong, who is a former president of Kiribati, said there was comprehensive coverage of all the polling stations by the observers and it was clear that polling was done extremely well.
Some opposition politicians have raised concerns about access to the media in the run up to the election.
Mr Tong said any difficulties with Nauru's media being state-owned and run were not major because Nauru's small community means campaigning is best done directly.
"The question that one would ask: did any single individual have undue access to the media at the disadvantage of the rest? My answer would be that I never at any time saw any of the individual candidates either on the government side or the opposition having access to the media."
But Mr Tong said there has to be media coverage in the future and everyone needs to be given the same access.
The leader of the Commonwealth observer mission to Nauru, Anote Tong. Photo: RNZI / Koro Vaka'uta