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The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), [b] [11] is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. [12]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Northern Mariana Islands is the presiding officer of the lower chamber of that legislature, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20. Representatives serve two-year terms and are elected from seven election districts: District 1: Saipan (6 seats) District 2: Saipan ...
The 2024 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, [1] corresponding with the 2024 United States general elections.Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands chose the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, 3 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all twenty seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ...
Politics of the Northern Mariana Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic system, whereby the Governor is head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. The Northern Mariana Islands is an unincorporated territory of the United States, and in a political union with it in the form of a commonwealth.
The Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The Commonwealth does not have a voting member of Congress, but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates with the United States House of Representatives.
Previously, the Northern Mariana Islands has a population of 80,362 (2005 estimate). The official 2000 census count was 69,221. [ 3 ] The Northern Mariana Islands had the lowest male to female sex ratio in the world: 76 men to every 100 women, [ 1 ] due to a large number of female foreign workers, especially in the garment industry. [ 4 ]
[9] [10] Reform became the first third party in the Northern Mariana Islands to win an elected seat (and their only win) in the Northern Mariana Island Senate during the 1999 general elections with candidate Ramon "Kumoi" Santos Deleon Guerrero. Territorial Party [6] The CNMI Territorial Party was the predecessor of the modern CNMI Republican ...