| Country: | Kiribati |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Kiribati presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Kiribati presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | 22 June 2020 |
| Turnout: | 79.67% |
| Image1: | Taneti Maamau 2022 (cropped).jpg |
| Popular Vote1: | 26,053 |
| Percentage1: | 59.32% |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,866 |
| Percentage2: | 40.68% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Taneti Maamau |
| After Election: | Taneti Maamau |
| Candidate1: | Taneti Maamau |
| Candidate2: | Banuera Berina |
| 1Data1: | Onotoa |
| 1Data2: | Kuria |
| Party1: | Tobwaan Kiribati Party |
| Party2: | Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party |
| After Party: | Tobwaan Kiribati Party |
| Before Party: | Tobwaan Kiribati Party |
Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 22 June 2020,[1] following parliamentary elections in April. Incumbent President Taneti Maamau of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party was re-elected with 59% of the vote.[2]
Relations with China and Taiwan was the main issue during the elections, with Maamau having switched Kiribati's recognition to China from Taiwan, while Berina seen as more sympathetic toward Taiwan.[3] The elections were seen by many as a critical test for the Chinese Communist Party's expansionist foreign policy.[4] [5]
The results were declared on 23 June 2020 by Chief Justice John Muria at the Ministry of Justice headquarters in South Tarawa. Maamau won the election with 59% of the vote, receiving a majority in 16 of the 23 constituencies, while Berina finished first in seven constituencies.[6] [7]
| Abaiang | 1,372 | 1,030 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abemama | 1,066 | 466 | |
| Aranuka | 346 | 231 | |
| Arorae | 71 | 420 | |
| Banaba | 66 | 109 | |
| Beru | 609 | 497 | |
| Betio | 4,033 | 2,264 | |
| Butaritari | 927 | 541 | |
| Kiritimati | 1,706 | 1,473 | |
| Kuria | 131 | 424 | |
| Maiana | 95 | 849 | |
| Makin | 404 | 483 | |
| Marakei | 972 | 244 | |
| Nikunau | 584 | 297 | |
| Nonouti | 338 | 962 | |
| North Tarawa | 1,846 | 1,006 | |
| Onotoa | 811 | 20 | |
| Tabiteuea North | 1,011 | 552 | |
| Tabiteuea South | 465 | 201 | |
| Tabuaeran | 168 | 621 | |
| Tamana | 218 | 179 | |
| 8,347 | 4,732 | ||
| Teraina | 4,65 | 265 | |
| Total | 26,053 | 17,866 |