French Polynesia's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of French Polynesia
French National Assembly ; constituency
Deputy
	Moetai Brotherson; Tavini Huiraatira (REG)
Department	French Polynesia (overseas collectivity)

French Polynesia's third constituency is a French legislative constituency in French Polynesia. It is currently represented by Moetai Brotherson of Tavini Huiraatira.

It was created in the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, which came into application for the June 2012 legislative election. It contains part of Tahiti (Faaa and Punaauia) and all the Leeward Islands (Bora-Bora, Huahine, Maupiti, Tahaa, Taputapuatea, Tumaraa and Uturoa).^[1]

Deputies[]

Election		Member	Party
	2012		Tapura Huiraatira
	2017	Moetai Brotherson	Tavini Huiraatira (REG)

Election Results[]

2017[]

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patrick Howell	DVD	9,195	33.40	15,020	47.50
	Moetai Brotherson	Tavini Huiraatira (REG)	8,291	30.11	16,603	52.50
		DVD	7,592	27.57
	Albert Roi	DVG	1,008	3.66
	Astride Mara	FI	513	1.86
	Teiva Lanteires	FN	333	1.21
	Corinne Atger	DIV	308	1.12
	Dominique Tixier	DIV	293	1.06

Votes			27,533	100.00	31,623	100.00

Valid votes			27,533	97.54	31,623	96.71
Blank votes			430	1.52	616	1.88
Null votes			264	0.94	459	1.40
Turnout			28,227	43.55	32,698	50.75
Abstentions			36,587	56.45	31,727	49.25
Registered voters			64,814		64,425

Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012[]

2012 legislative election in Polynesie-Francaise's 3rd constituency
Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
		DVG	8,545	30.52%	15,699	49.76%
		DVD	6,692	23.90%	15,851	50.24%
	Gaston Tong Sang	UMP	4,604	16.45%
	Teva Rohfritsch	PR	2,793	9.98%
	Jean-Christophe Bouissou	DVD	1,762	6.29%
	John Tefan	DVD	878	3.14%
	Nicolas Bertholon	DVD	637	2.28%
	Taimana Ellacott	??	595	2.13%
	Gaston Tetuanui	??	379	1.35%
	Angèle Teriitau	EELV	346	1.24%
	Eric Minardi	FN	327	1.17%
	Monil Tetuanui	DVG	206	0.74%
	Daniel Tuahu	DVD	113	0.40%
	René Hoffer	??	108	0.39%
	Teriiorai Oopa	DVD	10	0.04%

Valid votes			27,995	98.23%	31,550	96.35%
Spoilt and null votes			503	1.77%	1,195	3.65%
Votes cast / turnout			28,498	47.34%	32,745	54.90%
Abstentions			31,696	52.66%	26,900	45.10%
Registered voters			60,194	100.00%	59,645	100.00%

References[]

^ "Tableau des circonscriptions électorales de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des collectivités d'outre-mer régies par l'article 74 de la Constitution (élection des députés) du Code électoral français" (in French). French Government.

[1] "Tableau des circonscriptions électorales de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des collectivités d'outre-mer régies par l'article 74 de la Constitution (élection des députés) du Code électoral français" (in French). French Government.

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