2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election

2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election

5 November 2005

Senate election

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

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.

General elections were held in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) on Monday, 3 November 2003, electing members to the legislature. The 2003 elections also marked the first general election that the dissolved Reform Party, which merged back into the Democratic Party in 2002, would not appear on the ballot.

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

Results summary

Parties		House Election Results		Seat Change	Party Strength
		2001	2003	+/−	Strength
	Covenant	1	9	8	50.00%
	Republican	16	7	9	38.89%
	Independent	0	1	1	5.56%
	Democratic	1	1		5.56%
Totals		18	18		100.00%

Parties		Senate Election Results			Seat Change	Party Strength
		2001	2002	2003	+/−	Strength
	Covenant	1	1	3	2	33.33%
	Republican	5	5	2	3	22.22%
	Democratic	2	3	2	1	22.22%
	Independent	0	0	2	2	22.22%
	Reform	1	0	0	0	0.00%
Totals		9	9		100.00%

Senate

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.

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.