Electoral system for national legislature

 

Article 16 (2) The Niue Assembly shall consist of –

(a) The Speaker; and

(b) Twenty members to be elected by secret ballot under a system of universal suffrage in the following manner –

(i) Fourteen members, each of whom shall represent a village constituency, shall be elected by the electors of that constituency;

(ii) Six members shall be elected by the persons qualified to be electors of Niue voting on a common roll, which, for the purpose of electing those members, shall comprise the rolls of the several village constituencies.

 

 

59 Method of voting

(1) The voter, having received a ballot paper, shall immediately retire into one of the inner compartments provided for the purpose, and shall there alone and secretly exercise his vote by marking his ballot paper by striking out the name of every candidate except the one for whom he wishes to vote.

 

70 Declaration of result of poll

(1) When all the ballot papers have been dealt with as aforesaid the Chief Electoral Officer, having ascertained the total number of votes received by each candidate, shall declare the result of the poll by giving public notice of it in form 14.