1962 French Polynesian legislative election
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All 30 seats in the Territorial Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 14 October 1962 for the Territorial Assembly.[1] The Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People remained the largest party, but lost its majority in the Assembly, winning 14 of the 30 seats.[1]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People | 7,839 | 32.90 | 14 | –3 | |
Tahitian Union | 4,527 | 19.00 | 8 | –1 | |
Tahitian Democratic Union | 4,207 | 17.66 | 5 | New | |
Biens des Tuamotu Gambier | 7,252 | 30.44 | 1 | New | |
Pupu Tiama Maohi | 1 | New | |||
Voice of the People | 1 | New | |||
Others | 0 | – | |||
Total | 23,825 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
Source: PIM, Henningham |
Elected members
[edit]Aftermath
[edit]In the new Council of Government, the Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People had three ministers and the Tahitian Democratic Union two.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Complicated Politics of Polynesia Pacific Islands Monthly January 1963, p9
- ^ Chronology Assembly of French Polynesia