Elections in the Marshall Islands

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Executive President (list) Hilda Heine
Legislative Legislature Speaker: Brenson Wase Council of Iroij (consultative)
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice: Daniel N. Cadra High Court Chief Justice: Carl Ingram
Elections Recent elections General: 2015 2019 2023 Constitutional convention: 2017 Political parties
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Marshall Islands elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a four-year term by the parliament. The Legislature (Nitijela) has 33 members, elected for a four-year term in single-seat and five multi-seat constituencies. The Legislature was last elected in 2023 without the participation of parties, though part of the members could be members of the United Democratic Party. The Marshall Islands is a state in which political parties have not been active.

There have been a number of local and national elections since the Republic of the Marshall Islands was founded. The United Democratic Party, running on a reform platform, won the 1999 parliamentary election, taking control of the presidency and cabinet. The new government has publicly confirmed its commitment to an independent judiciary.