Tuvalu

Population Statistics

10,869

Total Population

1,630

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

18 December 2013

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of Tuvalu (1978, last amended 1986)

Updated: June 2015

Section 87 states:

(1) Members of Parliament shall be elected under a system of universal, citizen, adult suffrage, in accordance with this Constitution and any law made for the purposes of section 89 (electoral laws).

(2) All contested elections of members of Parliament shall be held by secret ballot…

 

Section 91 states:

A person is entitled to be registered as an elector in Parliamentary elections if…

  • (a) he is a citizen of Tuvalu; and
  • (b) he has attained the age of 18 years…

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of Tuvalu (1978, amended 1986)

 

Falekaupule Act (1997, last amended 2008)

Updated: June 2015

Section 14 states:

Subject to section 15; every person who —

  • (a) has attained the age of 18;
  • (b) is a resident in the Falekaupule area…is entitled to be registered as a voter…

 

Excerpt from the Falekaupule Act (1997, last amended 2008)