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:

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

(3) The provisions of subsection (2) shall not be considered to be contravened by a law that makes reasonable provision for assistance in voting to be given, on request, to any person.

 

Section 90, subsection (3) states:

A person is not entitled to vote in an election if…

  • (b) except as prescribed, he is for any reason unable to attend in person at the place and time fixed for the polling.

 

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