General elections were held in the Marshall Islands on 20 November 2023.
The 33 members of the Nitijeüàare elected in 19 single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting and five multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats via plurality block voting. The President is indirectly elected by the Nitijeüàfrom among its members.
Complete vote tabulation did not begin until 5 December, due to Marshallese law permitting postal ballots postmarked prior to the election to arrive and be counted up to 14 days after election day. On 27 November, preliminary results not including postal ballots indicated substantial turnover in the Nitijeüàwith as many as one third of parliamentary seats turning over to new members, including that of speaker Kenneth Kedi.
On 12 December, the RMI Election Administration issued "final unofficial" results, beginning a 14-day period in which the results can be challenged before being declared "final official". Official results were confirmed on 27 December. Incumbent candidates were defeated in 13 of the 33 seats in the NitijeüÃÂ, confirming the loss of speaker Kedi as well as those of Vice Speaker Peterson Jibas and government ministers John Silk and Casten Nemra. Four women were elected, the most ever.
Majuro candidate Yolanda Lodge-Ned filed a recount petition regarding her loss to Stephen Phillip. Lodge-Ned's petition was rejected by Chief Electoral Officer Ben Kiluwe, Kiluwe arguing that the 17-vote loss was a "wide margin".
While elections in the Marshall Islands are officially nonpartisan, most members of the Nitijeüàare part of unofficial groupings. The group supporting the government of President David Kabua suffered losses including several cabinet members, while the group supporting former President Hilda Heine increased its numbers. The new Nitijeüàconvened on 2 January 2024 to elect the President, Speaker, and Vice Speaker. Brenson Wase was elected Speaker and Issac Zackhras was elected Vice Speaker.
Incumbent president David Kabua lost to the Opposition candidate and former President Hilda Heine by one vote. Voting took place by secret ballot.