2017 Micronesian parliamentary election
# 2017 Micronesian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 7 March 2017, alongside a referendum on allowing dual citizenship. Although the proposed constitutional amendment to allow dual citizenship was approved by a majority of voters, it did not pass the threshold of 75% voting in favour in at least three of the four states.

## Electoral system

The 14 members of Congress are elected by two methods; ten are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting for two year terms. The four at-large Senators are elected on the basis of one from each state, for four year terms

Following the elections, the President and Vice-President are elected by the Congress, with only the four at-large Senators allowed to be candidates.

## Results

### Congress

| State | Elected member |
| - | - |
| Chuuk | Tiwiter Aritos |
| Chuuk | Victor Gouland |
| Chuuk | Florencio Singkoro Harper |
| Chuuk | Derensio Konman |
| Chuuk | Robson Romolow |
| Kosrae | Paliknoa K. Welly |
| Pohnpei | Esmond Moses |
| Pohnpei | Dion G. Neth |
| Pohnpei | Femy S Perman |
| Yap | Isaac V. Figir |
| Source: Kaselehile Press ||

### Referendum

The constitutional amendment to allow dual citizenship was passed in all four states, but only by more than 75% of voters in Kosrae.

| State | For | For | Against | Against |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| State | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Chuuk | 12,735 | 61 | | 39 |
| Kosrae | 2,694 | 85 | | 15 |
| Pohnpei | 14,344 | 70.21 | | 29.79 |
| Yap | 1,563 | 52 | | 48 |
| Total | 31,336 | | | |
| Source: Kaselehile Press, Direct Democracy |||||
