1980 Palauan general election

4 November 1980 1984 →

Presidential election

Candidate Haruo Remeliik Roman Tmetuchl Party Independent Independent Popular vote 1,955 1,608 Percentage 31.20% 25.66%

High Commissioner before election Adrian P. Winkel Independent Elected President Haruo Remeliik Independent

Vice-presidential election

Candidate Alfonso Oiterong Tosiwo Nakamura Party Independent Independent Popular vote 1,953 1,706 Percentage 31.84% 27.81%

Elected Vice-President Alfonso Oiterong Independent

Senate election

All 18 seats in the Senate 10 seats needed for a majority

Party Vote % Seats Independents 100 18 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

House election

All 16 seats in the House of Delegates 9 seats needed for a majority

Party Vote % Seats Independents 100 16 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Palau on 4 November 1980 to elect a president, vice-president, Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents.^[1] Haruo Remeliik won the election for president with 31.2% of the vote, whilst Alfonso Oiterong was elected vice-president. Voter turnout was 80%.

Following the elections, Haruo Remeliik and Alfonso Oiterong were sworn in as president and vice president on 1 January 1981. Kaleb Udui was elected president of the Senate, with Carlos Salii elected Speaker of the House of Delegates.^[2]