2013 Nauruan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 8 June 2013. After Parliament was dissolved on 1 March, the elections were set for 6 April. However, a Supreme Court ruling annulled the dissolution and cancelled the elections. Parliament was dissolved again on 23 May, approximately one month before the normal end of its mandate, and elections were set for 22 June 2013, however President Sprent Dabwido declared a state of emergency and brought the election forward to 8 June. Parliament first sat on June 11 and Fisheries Minister Baron Waqa, the leader of the government forces, was elected president.

2013 Nauruan parliamentary election

8 June 2013
Presidential vote
 
Nominee Baron Waqa Roland Kun
Electoral vote 13 5

President before election

Sprent Dabwido

President-designate

Baron Waqa

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