Elections in French Polynesia gives information on election and election results in French Polynesia.
French Polynesia elects the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française), the unicameral legislature on the territorial level. The Assembly of French Polynesia has 57 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. French Polynesia has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Last elections
e • d Summary of the 23 May 2004 and 13 February 2005 Assembly of French Polynesia election results
| Alliances and parties |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Tahoera'a Huiraatira (Popular Rally) |
|
45.2 |
27 |
| Union for the Democracy (Union pour la Démocratie)
|
|
49.1 |
28 |
| Alliance for a New Democracy (Alliance pour une Démocratie Nouvelle)
|
|
|
2 |
| Total (turnout 78.3 %) |
|
|
57 |
| Source: Rulers. By-elections were held 13 February 2005 in Tahiti and Moorea after the election was invalidated in these districts (37 of the total 57 seats). |
Past elections
2007 elections
On September 14, 2007, Oscar Temaru, 63, was elected president of French Polynesia for the 3rd time in 3 years (with 27 of 44 votes cast in Tahiti assembly). He replaced former President Gaston Tong Sang, who lost a no-confidence vote in the 31 August parliament. [1]
2008 elections
In the elections on January 27 and February 10, 2008, the To Tatou Ai'a (Our Land) party led by Gaston Tong Song, Mayor of Bora Bora, won 29 seats out of the 66 possible but not the overall majority. The Union for Democracy (Union pour la Démocratie) which included Oscar Temaru's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira gained 20 seats. A surprise coalition between old enemies Gaston Flosse (Tahoera'a Huiraatira, 10 seats) and Temaru saw once again the election of Flosse as President of French Polynesia.[2]
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