2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election

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2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election
5 November 2005
Senate election
← 2001
2005 →
3 of the 9 seats in the Senate
5 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats
Covenant 3
Republican 2
Democratic 2
Independents 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
House election
← 2001
2005 →
All 18 seats in the House of Representatives
10 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats
Covenant 9
Republican 7
Democratic 1
Independents 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Monday, 3 November 2003, electing members to the legislature.[1] The 2003 elections also marked the first general election that the dissolved Reform Party, which merged back into the Democratic Party in 2002,[2] would not appear on the ballot.

Results summary

Parties House Election Results Seat Change Party Strength
2001[3] 2003[1] +/− Strength
  Covenant 1 9 8 Increase 50.00%
  Republican 16 7 9 Decrease 38.89%
  Independent 0 1 1 Increase 5.56%
  Democratic 1 1 Steady 5.56%
Totals 18 18 Steady 100.00%
Parties Senate Election Results Seat Change Party Strength
2001[4] 2002[2] 2003 +/− Strength
  Covenant 1 1 Steady 3 2 Increase 33.33%
  Republican 5 5 Steady 2 3 Decrease 22.22%
  Democratic 2 3 Increase 2 1 Decrease 22.22%
  Independent 0 0 Steady 2 2 Increase 22.22%
  Reform 1 0 Decrease 0 0 Steady 0.00%
Totals 9 9 Steady 100.00%

Senate

Regular elections

The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature, consisting of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a Multi-member district with three senators. Each district had one seat open for the 2003 elections.

DistrictCandidateVotes%
Rota 1st Senatorial DistrictPaul Atalig Manglona71957.25
Manases Manglona Barcinas53742.75
Tinian 2nd Senatorial DistrictHenry Hofschneider San Nicolas61567.96
David Mendiola Cing29032.04
Saipan 3rd Senatorial DistrictLuis Palacios Crisostimo2,27533.30
Jose Camacho Mafnas1,78726.16
Andrew Sablan Salas1,34819.73
Ramon Santos Deleon Guerrero1,31819.29
Joaquin Terlaje Quitugua1031.51
Source:[5]

Special elections

DistrictCandidateVotes%
Rota 1st Senatorial DistrictPaterno Songao Hocog65251.34
Juan Masga Ayuyu44835.28
Fermina Manglona Atalig17013.39
Tinian 2nd Senatorial DistrictJoseph Masga Mendiola55561.60
Manuel Pangelinan Villagomez34638.40
Source:[5]

House of Representatives

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The house has six districts, several of which are Multi-member district. All 18 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives were contested in the 2003 election.

DistrictCandidateVotes%
District 1: SaipanDavid Mundo Apatang1,91310.70
Timothy Pangelinan Villagomez1,5308.56
Benjamin Benavente Seman1,2797.16
Janet Ulloa Maratita1,2667.08
Martin Borja Ada1,1406.38
Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero1,0105.65
Manuel Agulto Tenorio9695.42
Florencio Bobby Pan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero9535.33
Pedro Pangelinan Castro9185.14
Juan Cepeda Tudela9105.09
James Duenas Cabrera8594.81
Gerald Benavente Salas7784.35
Herman Tudela Palacios7634.27
Antonio Muna Camacho7324.10
Jack Camacho Muna6233.49
Francisco Deleon Guerrero Demapan5963.33
Atanacio Ayuyu Taitingfong5523.09
Pedro Cabrera Sablan4932.76
Isidro Terlaje Ada3962.22
Bernard Sablan Guerrero1951.09
District 2: SaipanOscar Manglona Babauta50235.73
Jesus San Nicolas Lizama45832.60
Vicente Aldan Ichihara22816.23
Manasses Sablan Borja21715.44
District 3: Saipan & Northern IslandsBenigno Repeki Fitial1,1299.50
Heinz Sablan Hofschneider1,1009.25
Jesus Torres Attao9908.33
Arnold Indalecio Palacios9067.62
Ray Naraja Yumul8887.47
Ramon Angailen Tebuteb7886.63
William Sablan Torres7436.25
Stanley Estanislao Tudela Mcginnis Torres7306.14
Francisco Santos Dela Cruz6975.86
Melvin Lawrence Odoshi Faisao6865.77
Charles Palacios Reyes Jr.6015.06
Maximo Lairopi Olopai5214.38
Isidro Atalig Sablan5054.25
Luis Salas Camacho3673.09
Vicente Cabrera Camacho3532.97
Remedio Laniyo Seman3332.80
Antonio Aguon Santos2852.40
Christopher Bares Sablan2642.22
District 4: SaipanJusto Songao Quitugua90128.29
Claudio Kotomar Norita80525.27
Gloria Annette Dela Cruz Cabrera54217.02
Francisco Leon Guerrero Aldan53116.67
Ignacio Villagomez Cabrera40612.75
District 5: TinianNorman Sablan Palacios692100
District 6: RotaCrispin Manglona Ogo54143.95
Daniel Ogo Quitugua47638.67
Laura Inos Manglona21417.38
Source:[5]

Municipal Council

Municipal Council - 1st Senatorial District: Rota (non-partisan)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mametto Maratita Ayuyu 926 28.57%
Nonpartisan Tom Glenn A. Quitugua 703 21.69%
Nonpartisan Alexander Apatang Apatang 649 20.02%
Nonpartisan Rafaela Maratita Mesngon 519 16.01%
Nonpartisan Jeffrey Lizama Manglona 444 13.70%
Total votes 3,241 100.00%
Municipal Council - 2nd Senatorial District: Tinian and Aguiguan (non-partisan)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Patrick Aquiningoc Manglona 705 33.75%
Nonpartisan Edwin Palacios Aldan 692 33.13%
Nonpartisan Jude Untalan Hofschneider 692 33.13%
Total votes 2,089 100.00%
Municipal Council - 3rd Senatorial District: Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Gregorio Villagomez Deleon Guerrero 4,715 33.77%
Nonpartisan Antonia Manibusan Tudela 4,643 33.25%
Nonpartisan David Aldan Indalecio 4,604 32.98%
Total votes 14,962 100.00%

Board of education

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