Enele Sopoaga Kausea Natano General elections were held in Tuvalu on 9 September 2019.
[1] There were 37 candidates seeking election to the Parliament, two of whom were women: Valisi Alimau, who was contesting in the Nukufetau electorate, and Puakena Boreham who was seeking re-election in the Nui electorate.
[2] On 19 September 2019 Kausea Natano was elected prime minister by a parliamentary majority of 10 MPs,[3] succeeding Enele Sopoaga, who had held the position for six years and had been seeking re-election to a new term.
The 16 members of Parliament are elected in eight two-member constituencies using multiple non-transferable vote.
[7] In the Nukufetau electorate the caretaker prime minister, Enele Sopoaga, was returned to Parliament, however Satini Manuella, Taukelina Finikaso and Maatia Toafa, who were ministers, were not returned.