Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 24 August 2019.^[1] President Baron Waqa lost his seat in Boe Constituency, making him ineligible for a third term.^[2] Following the elections, Lionel Aingimea was elected President, winning a parliamentary vote 12–6 against David Adeang.^[3]

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2019 Nauruan parliamentary election

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President before election Baron Waqa President after election Lionel Aingimea

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The 19 members of Parliament were elected from eight multi-member constituencies using the Dowdall system, a version of ranked voting; voters rank candidates, with the votes counted as a fraction of one divided by the ranking number (e.g. a candidate ranked second will be scored as ½); the candidates with the highest total were elected.^[4]

Speaker Cyril Buraman issued a notice in the Republic of Nauru Government Gazette on 15 July 2019 announcing the date of the general election was 24 August.^[5] The 2019 general election was observed by two international organizations: the Pacific Islands Forum and the Commonwealth Secretariat.^[6]

Out of 7,508 registered voters, 7,167 cast a vote, resulting in a turnout of 95.46%. 7,037 votes were valid and the remaining 130 either blank or invalid.^[7]

Following the elections, the newly elected MPs elected the president, who was required by the constitution be a member of parliament.^[9] Incumbent president Baron Waqa lost his seat in parliament, which meant he was ineligible.^[10] Lionel Aingimea defeated David Adeang of Nauru First by twelve votes to six.^[3]