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2009 New Caledonian legislative election

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2009 New Caledonian legislative election
New Caledonia
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All 54 seats in Congress
27 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
The Rally–UMP 20.60 13 −3
Ensemble Philippe Gomès 16.83 10 New
UC Charles Pidjot 11.65 8 +1
UNIFLNKS 10.52 8 0
AELMD 10.25 6 −10
PT 7.97 3 New
FLNKS 5.53 3 +3
RPC 4.46 2 New
LKS 1.92 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province

Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 10 May 2009.[1][2][3] Voters elected 76 members of the three provincial assemblies,[4] of whom 54 were also to become members of the territorial Congress.[4]

The Labour Party, which had been founded in 2007 as the political arm of the pro-independence Union of Kanaky Workers and the Exploited, 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–UMP and Future Together (from which Caledonia Together split off in October 2008), the main pro-independence party, the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), hoped to become the largest party in the elections.[5]

Campaign

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The newly elected Congress was 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

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PartyVotes%Seats
Provincial
assemblies
Congress
The Rally–UMP19,88820.601613
Caledonia Together16,25316.831210
Caledonian Union11,24711.65148
UNIFLNKS10,16210.52138
Future TogetherMovement for Diversity9,89410.2586
Labour Party7,6927.9753
Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front5,3425.5343
Rally for Caledonia4,3044.4622
Civic Overture2,9743.0800
National Front2,5912.6800
Kanak Socialist Liberation–Indigenous Dynamics1,8521.9221
Future Together1,4141.4600
Generation Common Destiny1,2151.2600
Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees6050.6300
Movement for Diversity5160.5300
Oceanian Rally in a Plural Caledonia4430.4600
Future TogetherCaledonia TogetherRally for Caledonia1660.1700
Total96,558100.007654
Valid votes96,55898.01
Invalid/blank votes1,9621.99
Total votes98,520100.00
Registered voters/turnout135,93272.48

By bloc

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31
PartyVotes%Seats
Provincial
assemblies
+/–Congress+/–
Loyalists
LR, CE, AE, LMD, RPC, FN, ROCP
55,46957.4538–831–5
Separatists
UC, UNI, FLNKS, PT, LKS, FCCI
36,90038.2238+823+5
Neutral
OC, GDC
4,1894.340000
Total96,558100.00760540
Valid votes96,55898.01
Invalid/blank votes1,9621.99
Total votes98,520100.00
Registered voters/turnout135,93272.48

References

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  1. ^ "New Caledonia's next general election on May the 10th". Radio New Zealand International. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  2. ^ "ABC Radio Australia".
  3. ^ "New Caledonia's recently formed Labour Party elects its first president". Radio New Zealand International. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d "Campaigning enters final week in New Caledonia". Radio New Zealand International. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  5. ^ "New Caledonia's FLNKS gears up for 2009 polls". Radio New Zealand International. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Economic issues dominate New Caledonia's election ccampaign". Radio New Zealand International. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2011.