Electoral system for national legislature

Tuvalu, Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Act (2008, last amended in 2014), accessed 5 February 2024

Article 21 Method of voting:

(1)(d): (d) The elector shall on receiving the ballot paper go immediately to a screened compartment provided under section 16(c) and shall there secretly record his vote —

(i) if the election is for the return of one member in respect of the electoral district in which that elector is registered by making a mark or marks on the ballot paper from which his choice of candidate can be deduced;

(ii) if the election is for the return of two members in respect of the electoral district in which that elector is registered by making a mark or marks on the ballot paper from which his choice of candidates (or candidate, if he wishes to record a vote for only one candidate) can be deduced.

Article 37 Declaration of result: 

When he has ascertained the result of the poll in respect of the electoral district of which he is Returning Officer, the Returning Officer shall forthwith declare to be elected the candidate or, in the case of an election in an electoral district for which 2 members are to be elected, the 2 candidates, for whom the greatest number of votes has been cast and shall also declare the number of votes for every candidate, whether elected or not.