Talk:1978 Gilbertese parliamentary election

Tabulated

Thank you for your improvements with a tabulated list of MPs. But looking with attention at the new tabulate, I wonder why the chosen order is not the North to South traditional order which the local authorities of Kiribati put always the list (Makin as the first, Arorae as the last, then the Line Islands and at last Banaba). Of course, Kiritimati was not the spelling of Christmas Island in 1978. But the thing that disturbs me more than this usual alphabetical order, are the 2 constituencies of South Tarawa. All the sources since the Constitutional Convention of 1977, says that only two constituencies would elect 3-member : Betio and what was not called yet TUC (the part of South Tarawa without Betio). The tabulate here indicates 2 members for Betio and 4 for the rest of South Tarawa. This is inaccurate (there is a mistake, somehow, in the source). South Tarawa also is inaccurate. As far as I remember the constituency name was Tarawa te Inainano (could be translated by Interior Tarawa or more exactly Tarawa Down of the mast). The independent council of this part of the atoll was only created just before independence (46th anniversary in 2018): its name now is Teinainano Urban Council (TUC). For most people Betio is still a part of South Tarawa, but with its own council. The two councils were separated before the building of the Japanese Causeway.--Arorae (talk) 01:14, 8 August 2020 (UTC)