2009 New Caledonian legislative election
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Parliamentary elections were held in New Caledonia on 10 May 2009.[1][2][3] Voters in New Caledonia chose 76 candidates for the French territory's three provincial assemblies.[4] 54 of these 76 members were also to become members of the Congress of New Caledonia.[4] Members of the Congress of New Caledonia serve 5-year terms in office upon their election.[4]
The Labour Party, which had been founded in 2007 as the political arm of the pro-independence (Union syndicale des travailleurs kanaks et des exploités, USTKE), contested the elections for the first time and hoped to gain 12,000 votes and a seat. Due to splits in the two main parties of the anti-independence front, the Rally for Caledonia in the Republic and Future Together (from which Caledonia Together split off in October 2008), the main pro-independence party, Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front, hoped to become the largest party in these elections.[5]
Election issues[]
The new territorial Congress will have to decide how to implement the autonomy provisions of the Noumea Accord of 1998.[4] Apart from the island's political future, the economy and New Caledonia's high cost of living were the main issue in the election campaign.[4][6]
Results[]
Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
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The Rally–UMP (Le Rassemblement–UMP) | 19,888 | 20.60% | 13 | |
Caledonia Together (Calédonie Ensemble) | 16,253 | 16.83% | 10 | |
Future Together–The Movement for Diversity (Avenir Ensemble–Le Mouvement de la diversité)
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11,308 | 11.71% | 6
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Rally for Caledonia (Rassemblement pour la Calédonie) | 4,304 | 4.46% | 2 | |
National Front (Front National) | 2,591 | 2.68% | 0 | |
Other anti-independence lists | 1,125 | 1.17% | 0 | |
Total Anti-independence | 55,469 | 57.45% | 31 | |
Caledonian Union (Union Calédonienne) | 11,247 | 11.65% | 8 | |
National Union for Independence–Kanak Social National Liberation Front (Union Nationale pour l'Indépendance–Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste) | 10,162 | 10.52% | 8
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Labour Party (Parti Travailliste) | 7,692 | 7.97% | 3 | |
Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front unitary (Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste) | 5,342 | 5.53% | 3
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Socialist Kanak Liberation (Libération kanak socialiste) | 1,852 | 1.92% | 1 | |
Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees (Fédération des Comités de la Coopération pour l'Indépendance) | 605 | 0.63% | 0 | |
Total Pro-independence | 36,900 | 38.22% | 23 | |
Civic Overture (Ouverture Citoyenne) | 2,974 | 3.08% | 0 | |
Generation Common Destiny (Génération Destin Commun) | 1,215 | 1.26% | 0 | |
Valid votes | 96,558 | 98.00% | 54 | |
Invalid votes | 1,962 | 2.00% | — | |
Total votes (turnout 72.48%) | 98,520 | — | — | |
Source: lematin.ch Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine |
References[]
- ^ "New Caledonia's next general election on May the 10th". Radio New Zealand International. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "ABC Radio Australia".
- ^ "New Caledonia's recently formed Labour Party elects its first president". Radio New Zealand International. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Campaigning enters final week in New Caledonia". Radio New Zealand International. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "New Caledonia's FLNKS gears up for 2009 polls". Radio New Zealand International. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "Economic issues dominate New Caledonia's election ccampaign". Radio New Zealand International. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
External links[]
- Angus Reid Global Monitor: New Caledonia Election Tracker[permanent dead link]
- Elections in New Caledonia
- 2009 elections in Oceania
- 2009 in New Caledonia
- May 2009 events in Oceania
- New Caledonia stubs
- Oceanian election stubs