The Covenant Party is a political party in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands advocating government and financial reform. In the legislative elections of 2003, the Covenant Party won nine of eighteen seats. In the 2005 elections, the Covenant Party increased its position as one of the strongest parties in the territory when Benigno R. Fitial, the party's gubernatorial candidate, was victorious in the election. The Covenant Party's victory in the gubernatorial election was complemented by the capture seven out of eighteen seats in the House of Representatives and three out of nine seats in the Senate. In the Commonwealth Legislature 2007 elections, the Covenant Party won only four of twenty seats in the House of Representatives.
In December 2010, Governor Binigno R. Fitial announced that the Covenant Party would merge with the Republican Party.[2]
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