1977 Azkali federal election

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Federal elections were held in Azkali on the 24th of June, 1977, to determine the president of Azkali and all 465 seats in the Azkali parliament. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff election was held, in which Eteri Hairoa defeated Ezi Amour-Kai in the second round. It is considered the closest federal election in Azkali history, with long-standing contreversy about the result.

Ari Mairitz, president since Azkali's founding in 1967, was ineligeble to run for a third term in office. Ezi Amour-Kai, Mairitz's vice president since the snap 1976 vice-presidential election, ran as Azkali Together's nominee. Mairitz's vice president from 1967 to 1976, Haguo Tainek, ran as an independent candidate, marking the first time a promenant politician ran as an independent candidate in Azkali's history.