General elections were held in Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Tuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...

 on 3 August 2006 to elect fifteen members to the Parliament

Parliament of Tuvalu

The Parliament of Tuvalu is the unicameral national legislature in Tuvalu.-History and political culture:...

. All fifteen candidates elected were Independents

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

, as there are no political parties in the country.

The election saw eight of the fifteen incumbent MPs defeated, including the entire cabinet of then-Prime Minister Maatia Toafa

Maatia Toafa

Maatia Toafa is a Tuvaluan politician, representing Nanumea who served two non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister of Tuvalu. He first served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2006, from the resignation of his predecessor, Saufatu Sopoanga, until the defeat of his Cabinet in the 2006 general election...

 (who did retain his seat). He was subsequently replaced by Apisai Ielemia

Apisai Ielemia

Apisai Ielemia is a Tuvaluan politician. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2006 to 2010.-Background:...

.

Representatives By Island

Funafuti

Funafuti

Funafuti is an atoll that forms the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu. It has a population of 4,492 , making it the most populated atoll in the country. It is a narrow sweep of land between 20 and 400 metres wide, encircling a large lagoon 18 km long and 14 km wide, with a surface of...

:
Kamuta Latasi (i), Kausea Natano (i)

Nanumaga:
Falesa Pitoi, Otinielu Tausi (i)

Nanumea

Nanumea

Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu, a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about four hundred miles of Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line.-Geography:...

:
Willy Telavi, Maatia Toafa (i)

Niutao

Niutao

Niutao is a reef island in the northern part of Tuvalu. It is one of the nine districts of Tuvalu, and one of the three who consist of only one island, not counting the three islets inside the closed lagoon. Niutao has a population of 663 .-Geography:There are two lakes , which are brackish to...

:
Sir Toomu Sione, Tavau Teii (i)

Nui

Nui

Nui is an atoll and one of nine districts of the Pacific Ocean state of Tuvalu. It has a land area of 3.37 km² and a population of 548 .-Geography:Nui consists of at least 21 islets...

:
Italeli Taeia, Seluka Seluka

Nukulaelae

Nukulaelae

Nukulaelae is an atoll that is part of the nation of Tuvalu, and has a population of 393. It has the form of an oval and consists of at least 15 islets...

:
Namoliki Sualiki

Nukufetau

Nukufetau

Nukufetau is an atoll that is part of the nation of Tuvalu. The atoll was claimed by the US under the Guano Islands Act some time in the 19th century and was ceded in a treaty of friendship concluded in 1979 and coming into force in 1983...

:
Lotoala Metia, Elisala Piita (i)

Vaitupu

Vaitupu

Vaitupu is an atoll, which is part of the nation of Tuvalu.Vaitupu, the largest atoll of Tuvalu is located at 7.48 degrees south and 178.83 degrees west. The capital is Asau.-History:...

:
Apisai Ielemia (i), Taukelina Finikaso

• Note: Incumbents have an (i) placed beside their names.