1998 Tuvaluan general election

1998 Tuvaluan general election

26 March 1998

All 12 seats in the Parliament of Tuvalu
  First party
 
Party Independents
Seats before 12

Prime Minister before election

Bikenibeu Paeniu

Subsequent
Prime Minister

Bikenibeu Paeniu

General elections were held in Tuvalu on 26 March 1998.

All candidates for the 12 seats ran as independents. With no formal political parties, the political system was based on personal alliances and loyalties derived from clan and family connections.

Seven of the incumbents retained their seats. Following the election Bikenibeu Paeniu was re-elected Prime Minister.