2007 Kiribati presidential election

2007 Kiribati presidential election

17 October 2007
Turnout56.98%
 
Candidate Anote Tong Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa
Party PTK Independent
Popular vote 15,664 8,149
Percentage 64.29% 33.44%
Home Island Tabuaeran

President before election

Anote Tong

Elected President

Anote Tong

Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 17 October 2007, following the 2007 parliamentary election. President Anote Tong, who was re-elected to parliament in the first round of the parliamentary election, sought another term as president. At the first parliamentary session, four candidates were chosen to appear on the ballot: Anote Tong, Patrick Tatireta, Timon Aneri, and Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa. Opposition nominees Harry Tong (Anote Tong's brother) and Tetaua Taitai were excluded from the ballot, upon which the opposition called for a boycott of the election.

Consequently, voter turnout was just above 50%. Tong received more than 15,500 votes, Mwemwenikarawa received over 8,000 votes, and Tatireta and Anera received less than 400 votes each.