Member of Parliament

Fourteen new MPs elected in Kiribati

The second of two rounds of voting took place this week.

Four women have also made Kiribati history by winning seats, the highest number of women in parliament so far.

Most of the ministers in the current caretaker government have kept their seats, including President Taneti Maamau, however it was too early to say whether he would be his party's nomination for President again.

His TKP party had the majority of seats, but cross-party alliances and new members meant there was no clear winner, with the May 22 parliamentary session expected to reveal more.

Lawyer Gabrissa Hartman is Nauru’s new Member of Parliament

Hartman is the new MP for the Ubenide constituency and is Nauru’s second woman parliamentarian in the current parliament.

She received an absolute majority of 817 votes to 696 votes tallied by Wawani Dowiyogo when the first, second, third, fourth and fifth preference votes were allocated during counting last night.