Marcus Stephen Independent Marcus Stephen Independent Early parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 19 June 2010 after the previous parliamentary election in April 2010 had resulted in a deadlock between government and opposition, tied at nine seats each.

[2][3] The election occurred during a state of emergency imposed by President of Nauru Marcus Stephen.

[8] The MP in favour of government, Doctor Kieren Keke, planned to discuss the matter with Dube within a week of his election.

[12] Stephen's followers agreed to this, but only if the new president came from their ranks, with their preferred nominee being Kieren Keke.

[19] By 30 July 2010 parliament had still had not sat since the sacking of Amwano and Stephen extended the state of emergency by 21 days.