SYDNEY, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Incumbent President David Adeang has been re-elected to Nauru's parliament in the Micronesian nation's general election.

Adeang, who has served as president since October 2023, was one of 19 members of parliament elected to represent Nauru's eight multi-member constituencies at the election on Saturday.

According to official results shared by the Nauru Electoral Commission on social media on Sunday and Monday, Adeang received the highest number of votes out of four MPs elected to represent Ubenide, which is Nauru's most populous constituency.

However, his re-election as an MP does not mean that Adeang will continue as president, with the new parliament to choose the nation's leader from among its ranks.

Russ Kun, who preceded Adeang as president, was re-elected as an MP with the third-most votes in Ubenide and Lionel Aingimea, who was president between 2019 and 2022, received the most votes in the constituency of Meneng.

Nauru uses the preferential voting system, where voters rank candidates in order of preference, and parliament elects the country's president. ■