Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 4 March 1997,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p638 alongside a referendum on tax revenues.Federated States of Micronesia, 4 March 1997: 80% of tax revenues to the states Direct Democracy All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents.
The referendum proposed modifying Chapter 5, Article IX of the constitution:
to increase the amount of tax revenue returned to the states from 50% to 80%. In order to pass, the change required the approval of at least 75% of voters in three of the four states. Although it was approved by a majority in two states and in terms of the total number of votes, the 75% approval threshold was not passed in any of the four states.
Results Congress PartyVotes%SeatsIndependents 10014Invalid/blank votes ––Total33,00010014Source: IPU
Referendum ChoiceVotes%StatesFor16,02652.950Against14,24247.054Invalid/blank votes ––Total30,2681004Source: Direct Democracy
By state StateForAgainstTotalvotesVotes%Votes%Chuuk10,14370.294,28729.7114,430Kosrae38024.311,18375.691,563Pohnpei4,21235.747,57364.2611,785Yap1,29151.851,19948.152,490Source: Direct Democracy
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