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A parliamentary election was held in Tuvalu on 16 September 2010. Voters elected fifteen members of the Parliament to a four-year term. All candidates were independents, as there are no political parties in the country. Ten out of the fifteen incumbent members were re-elected. The remaining five incumbents, including Deputy Prime Minister Tavau Teii, did not retain their seats.〔("Tuvalu PM returns, five new MPs elected" ), Pacific Islands News Association, 17 September 2010〕 The incumbent Prime Minister, Apisai Ielemia, retained his seat in Vaitupu constituency. On 29 September, Maatia Toafa from Nanumea won eight of the fifteen votes to become Prime Minister. However, on 24 December 2010, after a motion of no confidence, carried by eight votes to seven, Maatia Toafa was replaced by Willy Telavi as Prime Minister of Tuvalu. Willy Telavi retained a bare majority through the term of his ministry until by-elections were won by candidates that supported the opposition. Willy Telavi attempted to avoid facing a vote of the parliament until he was forced to call parliament following the intervention of the governor-general. On 2 August 2013 Willy Tevali faced a motion of no confidence in the parliament: the voting was eight for the motion, four against. On 4 August the parliament elected Enele Sopoaga as Prime Minister.〔 (詳細はpolitical parties in Tuvalu, so all candidates are non-partisan. Twenty-six candidates, including all sitting Members of Parliament, stood for the fifteen seats in Parliament. Tuvalu has "about 6,000 eligible voters" - a little over half the country's population.〔("Tuvalu goes to the polls" ), Agence France Presse, 16 September 2010.〕〔("Tuvalu completes voting in national elections" ), Radio Australia, 16 September 2010.〕 Many candidates focused on climate change issues including Enele Sopoaga, a former Tuvalu Ambassador to the United Nations and Tuvalu’s representative at the UN Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen in 2009.〔("Tuvalu completes voting in national elections" ), Radio Australia, 16 September 2010〕〔("Elections à Tuvalu" ), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (French), 17 September 2010.〕 Sopoaga stood for election in the Nukufetau constituency, and is reportedly considered a "national hero" for his diplomatic work at the Copenhagen Summit on climate change in December 2009.〔 Enele Sopoaga was elected by the voters of Nukufetau. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tuvaluan general election, 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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