1984 Palauan general election

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Presidential election

Candidate Haruo Remeliik Roman Tmetuchl Yutaka Gibbons Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 4,050 2,482 1,418 Percentage 50.94% 31.22% 17.84%

President before election Haruo Remeliik Independent Elected President Haruo Remeliik Independent

Vice presidential election

Candidate Alfonso Oiterong Sadang Silmai John Tarkong Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 4,252 2,373 866 Percentage 56.76% 31.68% 11.56%

Vice President before election Alfonso Oiterong Independent Elected Vice President Alfonso Oiterong Independent

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General elections were held in Palau on 30 November 1984 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents.^[1] Incumbent Haruo Remeliik won the election for President with 50.9% of the vote, whilst Alfonso Oiterong was re-elected to the post of Vice-President.

In the parliamentary elections, only five incumbent Senators were re-elected, while 11 of the 16 members of the House of Delegates were returned.^[2] Voter turnout was 83.9%.