At the 2006 election, Robert Wigmore won the seat of Titikaveka by a significant margin.
However, his election was subsequently challenged in an electoral petition on the grounds that as a board member of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation Wigmore was technically a public servant and thus ineligible to sit.
The petition was successful and a by-election was called.
[1] The poll was won by the Democratic Party's Robert Wigmore.
[2] Turnout was significantly reduced from the general election.