Guamanian legislative election, 2012

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November 6, 2012

→ 2014

All 15 seats of the Legislature of Guam

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Judith Won Pat	Christopher M. Duenas
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	At-large district	At-large district
Last election		6 seats
Seats won	9	6
Popular vote	211,475	176,740
Percentage	54.41%	45.47%

Speaker before election

Judith Won Pat
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Judith Won Pat
Democratic

Legislative elections were held in Guam on 6 November 2012, alongside a referendum on a for-profit bingo initiative. The Democratic Party won nine of the fifteen seats in the Legislature, whilst the referendum was rejected by 64.8% of voters.

Defeated in primary

The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature. As there were many candidates running, primaries were set on September 1, 2012 for both the Democratic and Republican parties. The first fifteen candidates who win the highest votes go on to the General election.

Following the primaries, there were 26 candidates vying for the 15 seats in the Legislature of Guam. The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature.

There will be 5 freshman Senators in the 32nd Legislature. Five were elected on November 6, 2012.

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