2020 Palauan general election

The President of Palau is elected using the two-round system.[http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2250/ Palau] IFES

The 13 members of the Senate are elected from a single nationwide constituency by block voting, with each voter having 13 votes to cast.{{Cite web|title=IPU PARLINE database: PALAU (Senate), Electoral system|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2244_B.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825061520/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2244_B.htm |archive-date=2019-08-25 |access-date=2020-11-04|website=Inter-Parliamentary Union}} The 16 members of the House of Delegates are elected in single-member constituencies based on the states using first-past-the-post voting.{{Cite web|title=IPU PARLINE database: PALAU (House of Delegates), Electoral system|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2243_B.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213195212/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2243_B.htm |archive-date=2018-02-13 |access-date=2020-11-04|website=Inter-Parliamentary Union}}

The primary round was held on 22 September 2020 with four candidates.{{Cite web|date=January 19, 2020|title=Four candidates seek the presidency in Palau elections in 2020|url=https://www.mbjguam.com/2020/01/20/four-candidates-seek-the-presidency-in-palau-elections-in-2020/|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128134149/https://www.mbjguam.com/2020/01/20/four-candidates-seek-the-presidency-in-palau-elections-in-2020/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=Palau goes to the polls for primary elections|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018764680/palau-goes-to-the-polls-for-primary-elections|access-date=2020-10-13|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}} The incumbent president, Thomas Remengesau Jr., was ineligible to stand again having reached his term limit.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-03|title=Palauans vote on new political era|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/429766/palauans-vote-on-new-political-era|access-date=2020-11-04|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}} Former presidential candidate (and brother-in-law of the incumbent) Surangel Whipps Jr. took first place in the primary, while Vice President Raynold Oilouch placed second to qualify for the second round of the presidential election.

Following the second round on 3 November, Oilouch conceded defeat to Whipps on 5 November after all the votes from Palau had been counted, giving Whipps a 1,202 vote lead with around 2,000 absentee votes still to be counted.{{Cite web|last=Carreon|first=Bernadette|date=2020-11-05|title=Oilouch concedes defeat to Whipps|url=https://islandtimes.org/oilouch-concedes-defeat-to-whipps/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Island Times|language=en-US}} The Palau Election Commission officially certified the final results on 17 November.{{Cite web|last=Carreon|first=Bernadette|date=2020-11-20|title=Palau Election Commission officially certifies election results|url=https://islandtimes.org/palau-election-commission-officially-certifies-election-results/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124120309/https://islandtimes.org/palau-election-commission-officially-certifies-election-results/ |archive-date=2020-11-24 |access-date=2020-11-22|website=Island Times|language=en-US}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Primary

|secondround=General

|cand1=Surangel Whipps Jr.|votes1=3546|votes1_2=5699

|cand2=Raynold Oilouch|votes2=1984|votes2_2=4351

|cand3=Johnson Toribiong|votes3=1145

|cand4=Alan R. Seid|votes4=983

|invalid=96|invalid2=154

|electorate=16420|electorate2=16754

|source=[https://www.mbjguam.com/2020/10/05/two-selected-from-four-candidates-for-the-presidential-primary-in-palau/ MBJ], [https://mvariety.com/news/regional/palau-election-primary-offers-heavy-competition/article_64221817-9541-511e-bfcf-e72984efa036.html MV], [https://islandtimes.org/palau-election-commission-officially-certifies-election-results/ Island Times]

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{{Election results

|cand1=Uduch Sengebau Senior|votes1=5112

|cand2=Frank Kyota|votes2=4671

|invalid=421

|electorate=16754

|source=[https://islandtimes.org/palau-election-commission-officially-certifies-election-results/ Island Times]

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