2008 Palauan general election

General elections were held in Palau on 4 November 2008 to elect the President and members of the National Congress. The presidential election was won by Johnson Toribiong. Incumbent President Tommy Remengesau was ineligible to run because he had served the maximum two consecutive terms allowed and announced that he would run for a seat in the Senate.

2008 Palauan general election

4 November 2008
Presidential election
 
Nominee Johnson Toribiong Elias Camsek Chin
Party Independent Independent
Running mate Kerai Mariur Alan R. Seid
Popular vote 5,040 4,828
Percentage 51.07% 48.93%

President before election

Tommy Remengesau
Independent

Elected President

Johnson Toribiong
Independent

This was the first election in Palau in which presidential candidates ran with a declared vice-presidential candidates. In previous elections, the President and vice-presidents had been elected separately, and the winners of those elections served as a "national leadership team".

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