2018 Yap elections

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Nominee	Henry Falan	Tony Ganngiyan
Party	Independent	Independent
Running mate	Jesse J. Salalu	Francis I. Itimai
Popular vote	2,222	2,074
Percentage	51.7%	48.3%

Governor before election

Tony Ganngiyan

Elected Governor

Henry Falan

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The 2018 Yap gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia to a four-year term in office. ^[1] The election coincided with the Yap State general election, including legislative contests to select Senators of the Yap State Legislature.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Incumbent Governor Tony Ganngiyan, who was elected in 2014, was seeking re-election for a second term.^[1]^[2] ^[3]

10 seats of the Yap State Legislature were also up for election.^[4]^[5]

Results

Yap gubernatorial election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Henry Falan	2,222	51.7%
	Independent	Tony Ganngiyan	2,074	48.3%
Majority
Total votes			4,296	100.0%

Jerry G. Fagolimul, Vincent A. Figir, Nicholas Figirlaarwon, Joseph Giliko, Kensley Ikosia, John Mafel, John J. Masiwemai, Jesse Raglmar-Subolmar, Theodore Rutun, and Joseph B. Tiuchemal were elected to the Yap State Legislature.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tiningdad, Laura (2018-11-04). "November 6, 2018 General Election Candidates". Yap State Election Commissioner. Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
^ ^a ^b McClure, Joyce (2018-10-30). "Chinese investment key to hot Yap electoral contest". Pacific Island Times. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ ^a ^b "Yap election office releases official list of candidates". Yap State Government. Marianas Variety. 2018-08-14. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ "Yap imitating Florida?: Election results still a mystery". Pacific Island Times. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Yap election results certified". Pacific Island Times. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Yap - Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia". fsmlaw.org. Retrieved 2022-03-02.