2009 Northern Mariana Islands general election

General elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands on Saturday, November 7, 2009. Voters voted for the Governor, 6 seats in the Senate, 4 mayors, seats on the municipal council, and seats for the board of education. This was the last general election to be held on an odd year. Benigno Repeki Fitial became the first governor to win a second term since 1985 and the first time a candidate won a majority since 1993 thanks to the newly implemented run-off voting system. A total of 16,146 voters registered to vote with the Commonwealth Election Commission for the 2009 election. That is a 15% increase in voters compared to the 15,118 people whoregistered to vote in the 2005 general election. At least 18,000 ballots designed to be read by counting machines were printed in Alabama. The contested offices included the offices of governor & lieutenant governor, the twenty seats in. the House of Representative, six (of nine) seats inthe Senate as well as mayoral posts and various local. offices. The Democratic Party of the NorthernMariana Islands did not nominate a candidate for governor in 2009 which were contested by the Democrats.