UBENIDE CONSTITUENCY

Ubenide
Ubenide
Constituency
	Ubenide Constituency within Nauru
	Coordinates: 0°31′2.57″S 166°55′28.08″E / 0.5173806°S 166.9244667°E
Country	Nauru
Districts	4 ( Baitsi, Denigomodu, Nibok, Uaboe)
Area
• Total	4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,300
Time zone	( UTC+12)
Area code	+674
Members of Parliament	4

Ubenide is a constituency of Nauru made up of four districts: Baitsi, Denigomodu, Nibok, and Uaboe. It covers an area of 4.5 km² (1.73 mi²), making it the second largest constituency by area, and is the most populous constituency with a population of 3,300. It returns four members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren, being the only district to return four.^[1]

Geography

"Ubenide" is an acronym, named after the 4 districts that comprise the constituency - Uaboe, Beidi (the old name of Baitsi), Nibok, and Denigomodu. Ubenide is located along the northeast coast of Nauru, and shares borders with the constituencies of Anetan, Anabar, Buada and Aiwo. The phosphate railway crosses through the constituency in the hills.

Members of Parliament

Seat 1
Member	Term	Party
Joseph Hiram	2000–2001	Non-partisan
David Adeang	2001–Present	Nauru First
Seat 2
Member	Term	Party
Lagumot Harris	1968–1976	Non-partisan
Victor Eoaeo	1976–1977	Non-partisan
Lagumot Harris	1977–1980	Non-partisan
Kennan Adeang	1980–1988	Nauru Party/ Democratic Party
Buraro Detudamo	1988–1994	Non-partisan
Aloysius Amwano	1998–2003	Non-partisan
Fabian Ribauw	2003–2008	Non-partisan
Aloysius Amwano	2008–2013	Non-partisan
Russ J. Kun	2013–present	Non-partisan
Seat 3
Member	Term	Party
Derog Gioura	1968–1971	Non-partisan
Kennan Adeang	1971	Nauru Party
Derog Gioura	1971–1973	Non-partisan
Kennan Adeang	1973–1976	Nauru Party
Derog Gioura	1976–1977	Non-partisan
Kennan Adeang	1977–1978	Nauru Party
Derog Gioura	1978–2004	Non-partisan
Valdon Dowiyogo	2004–2016	Non-partisan
Seat 4
Member	Term	Party
Victor Eoaeo	1968–1973	Non-partisan
Bernard Dowiyogo	1973–2003	Nauru Party/ Democratic Party
Russell E. Kun	2003–2004	Centre Party
Freddie Pitcher	2004–2013	Nauru First
Ranin Akua^[2]	2013–present	Non-partisan

Election results

Candidate	Preference votes																		Total	Notes
Candidate	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total	Notes
Russ Kun	275	263	235	129	127	46	48	31	47	39	25	28	34	24	33	104	46	32	592.124	Re-elected
David Adeang	254	270	168	145	96	59	42	27	38	24	29	25	31	32	48	62	59	157	554.938	Re-elected
Wawani Dowiyogo	231	286	135	104	53	45	33	29	30	40	22	30	28	34	45	89	246	86	515.666	Re-elected
Reagan Aliklik	249	66	87	63	31	33	17	34	36	43	46	42	51	39	38	73	148	470	409.732	Re-elected
Vyko Adeang	148	63	81	144	76	57	51	67	89	107	98	91	69	96	73	139	70	47	352.390
Ranin Akua	108	170	76	80	85	55	77	77	63	80	54	58	72	73	96	118	147	76	347.464
Gregor Garoa	68	127	153	146	123	143	114	94	80	65	55	60	83	68	84	59	39	14	343.897
George Gioura	53	61	121	143	149	169	138	104	88	79	54	64	59	91	69	39	54	31	301.159
Daniel Itsamaera	51	48	124	69	64	65	66	92	124	104	123	110	138	125	111	58	56	38	258.646
Mark Menke	21	39	53	109	96	106	124	125	126	112	106	81	89	143	78	67	61	30	228.912
Livingstone Hiram	22	24	61	61	81	95	105	103	132	139	112	176	129	100	70	76	47	33	213.987
Ceila Giouba	11	20	65	90	117	120	122	150	92	109	83	78	85	52	68	74	83	147	212.373
Aidan Atto	22	29	45	39	63	115	110	143	114	138	164	150	97	102	91	60	51	33	209.879
Starsky Dagagio	11	12	25	52	164	131	105	108	129	115	124	104	98	85	73	55	68	107	199.098
Fabain Ribauw	13	22	34	54	90	99	125	105	106	87	121	102	96	113	146	115	73	65	194.575
Wavman Harris	18	24	27	48	42	80	117	103	95	119	159	111	137	154	133	109	60	30	190.896
Maximillian Kun	5	23	44	56	54	59	93	79	75	70	93	129	167	135	172	149	84	79	176.097
Temakau Tannang	6	19	32	34	54	89	79	95	102	96	98	127	103	100	138	129	174	91	171.506
Invalid/blank votes																			64
Total																			1630
Source: Electoral Commission of Nauru

Notable people

Derog Gioura, who represented Ubenide in the Parliament of Nauru and served as President of Nauru in 2003.
Russell Kun, who has served as the Republic of Nauru's Justice Minister and as the Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and formerly represented Ubenide in Parliament.
David Adeang, formerly Foreign Minister, who was appointed Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru in 2008 and represents Ubenide.
Russ Kun, 16th President of Nauru.

References

^ ^a ^b Constituencies of Nauru (naurugov.nr)
^ "Nauru Bulletin" (PDF). Republic of Nauru. Issue 10-2013/86. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on Jul 25, 2020.

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[naurugov-1] Constituencies of Nauru (naurugov.nr)

[naurugov2-2] "Nauru Bulletin" (PDF). Republic of Nauru. Issue 10-2013/86. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on Jul 25, 2020.

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Ubenide
Constituency
Ubenide Constituency within Nauru
Coordinates: 0°31′2.57″S 166°55′28.08″E / 0.5173806°S 166.9244667°E / -0.5173806; 166.9244667
Country	Nauru
Districts	4 ( Baitsi, Denigomodu, Nibok, Uaboe)
Area
• Total	4.5 km² (1.7 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,300
Time zone	( UTC+12)
Area code	+674
Members of Parliament	4^[1]