A by-election was held in the Nanumea constituency in Tuvalu on 19 September 2014.
[1] Willy Telavi had been Prime Minister of Tuvalu until August 2013, when he had been ousted in a parliamentary vote of no confidence, having lost his majority.
The other seat, held by Finance Minister Maatia Toafa, is not affected by the by-election.
Telavi sat on the Opposition benches, and prior to the by-election Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga's government had a two-thirds majority in Parliament.
The former USP Senior Accountant and president of the Tuvalu National Private Sector Organization (TNPSO) supports the government of Enele Sopoaga.