title: 2007 Kiribati presidential election
text: # 2007 Kiribati presidential election
  
  Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 17 October 2007, following the 2007 parliamentary election. President Anote Tong, who was re-elected to parliament in the first round of the parliamentary election, sought another term as president. At the first parliamentary session, four candidates were chosen to appear on the ballot: Anote Tong, Patrick Tatireta, Timon Aneri, and Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa. Opposition nominees Harry Tong (Anote Tong's brother) and Tetaua Taitai were excluded from the ballot, upon which the opposition called for a boycott of the election.
  
  Consequently, voter turnout was just above 50%. Tong received more than 15,500 votes, Mwemwenikarawa received over 8,000 votes, and Tatireta and Anera received less than 400 votes each.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Anote Tong | Pillars of Truth | 15,664 | 64.29 |
  | | Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa | Independent | 8,149 | 33.44 |
  | | Patrick Tatireta | Independent | 355 | 1.46 |
  | | Timon Aneri | Independent | 198 | 0.81 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 24,366 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 24,366 | 99.34 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 161 | 0.66 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,527 | 100.00 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 43,042 | 56.98 |
  | Source: IFES |||||
  