Sprent Dabwido Baron Waqa Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 8 June 2013.

[1] Parliament first sat on June 11 and Fisheries Minister Baron Waqa, the leader of the government forces, was elected president.

[7] On 1 March Parliamentary Speaker Ludwig Scotty dissolved Parliament due to unruly behaviour by MPs,[8] and elections were set for 6 April.

[10] However, a government spokesman claimed that the Court had no power to force Scotty to reconvene Parliament.

[1] MPs are elected in eight multi-members constituencies using the Dowdall system, a modified version of the Borda count.