2018 French Polynesian legislative election

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2018 French Polynesian legislative election
French Polynesia
← 2013 22 April 2018 (first round)
6 May 2018 (second round)		 2023 →
All 57 seats in the Assembly of French Polynesia
29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.51% (first round) Decrease 4.56pp
66.82% (second round) Decrease 5.97pp
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Tāpura Huiraʻatira Édouard Fritch 48.18 38 New
Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira Geffry Salmon 27.70 11 −27
Tāvini Huiraʻatira Oscar Temaru 23.12 8 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President before President elect
Édouard Fritch
Tāpura Huiraʻatira		 Édouard Fritch
Tāpura Huiraʻatira
Politics of French Polynesia
Emmanuel Macron
Éric Spitz
Moetai Brotherson
President: Antony Géros
Parliamentary: 2013, 2018, 2023

Legislative elections were held in

Tapura Huiraatira party emerged as the largest in the Assembly, winning 38 of the 57 seats in a landslide
.

Background

Main article: 2013 French Polynesian legislative election

The

Tahoera'a Huiraatira party, an anti-independence party led by Gaston Flosse, previously won 38 of the 57 seats in the Assembly in the 2013 general election.[2] However, the governing Tahoera'a Huiraatira has been plagued by infighting and internal splits since 2013.[2] Some former Tahoera'a Huiraatira members set up a new political party, which has since merged with the only other anti-independence party in the Assembly.[2] Notably, Assembly Speaker Marcel Tuihani quit Tahoera'a Huiraatira in June 2017, and set up a rival party.[3]

All French Polynesian political parties must alternate between male and female candidates to encourage a gender balance among legislative candidates.[2]

The French

High Commissioner of French Polynesia René Bidal announced the vote registration for the territorial election will be open from 12 March to 26 March 2018.[2]

Electoral system

The 57 members of the Assembly of French Polynesia are elected by a proportional multi-member list of two rounds, with a majority premium. Polynesia is a single constituency whose communes make up of eight sub-divisions called sections, each with a majority premium of 1 to 4 seats according to their population for a total of 19 premium seats.

Each list presents 73 candidates in the eight sections. Each list is composed alternately of a candidate of each sex. In the first round, the list having received an absolute majority of votes in its section is awarded the majority bonus, then the remaining seats are distributed proportionally among all the lists having crossed the

electoral threshold of 5% of the votes according to the method of voting. If no list obtains more than 50% of the votes cast, a second round is held between all the lists having collected more than 12.5% of the votes, those having collected between 5% and 12.5% being able to merge with the lists that have been maintained. The leading list then gets the majority bonus, and the remaining seats are distributed proportionally under the same conditions.[4]

The lists may be reimbursed for part of their campaign costs if they reach the threshold of 3% of the votes cast in the first round, provided that they comply with accounting transparency requirements and legislation on the format of documents.[5]

Electoral sections of French Polynesia
Section Seats
Proportional Majority bonus
Windward Isles 1 13 4
Windward Isles 2 13 4
Windward Isles 3 11 4
Leeward Islands 8 3
West Tuamotus 3 1
Gambier Islands and East Tuamotus 3 1
Marquesas Islands 3 1
Austral Islands 3 1

Party participation

In December 2017, France's ruling party,

En Marche, which was founded by French President Emmanuel Macron, announced that it would contest the French Polynesian legislative election in 2018 for the first time.[6] Efforts at forming a coalition involving En Marche and other known political figures in the territory, under the name Here Fenua, reportedly failed in February 2018.[7]

In February 2018,

Tavini Huiraatira, said he will not rule out his party boycotting the election.[8]

Party Leader Ideology
Tahoera'a Huiraatira
 Geffry Salmon Anti-independence, liberal conservatism, gaullism
Tavini Huiraatira
 Oscar Temaru Polynesian independence, social democracy
Tapura Huiraatira
 Édouard Fritch Anti-independence, liberalism, autonomy
Te Ora Api o Porinetia Marcel Tuihani Anti-independence
E Reo Manahune Tauhiti Nena Autonomy
Popular Republican Union Jérôme Gasior Autonomy

Banned candidates

Former President of French Polynesia Gaston Flosse was not allowed to stand for election in April 2018. He is not allowed to hold public office due to two convictions for public corruption in 2014 and 2016.[9] Despite Flosse's claims he can stand in the election, based on advice given by his lawyers,[1] an election court in Tahiti upheld the election ban against Flosse in January 2018.[9]

Results

Tavini Huiraatira
25,89120.7131,37823.128–3
Te Ora Api o Porinetia4,6063.690New
E Reo Manahune2,5032.000New
Popular Republican Union1,4411.150New
Total124,990100.00135,699100.00570
Valid votes124,99098.32135,69998.34
Invalid/blank votes2,1341.682,2861.66
Total votes127,124100.00137,985100.00
Registered voters/turnout206,67061.51206,49666.82
Source: Haut-Commissariat

By section

Percentages
Section Te Ora Api o Porinetia
Tavini Huiraatira
 E Reo Manahune
Tahoera'a Huiraatira
 Popular Republican Union
Tapura Huiraatira
Windward Isles 1 4.50 18.23 2.76 30.32 1.25 42.94
Windward Isles 2 3.61 20.47 1.77 31.36 1.31 41.47
Windward Isles 3 4.42 34.38 2.05 20.26 1.69 37.20
Leeward Isles 1.56 19.25 1.54 27.18 0.69 49.78
West Tuamotus 6.28 12.24 1.94 30.06 0.88 48.60
Gambier Islands and East Tuamotus 5.45 8.31 0.98 39.13 0.53 45.60
Marquesas Islands 2.03 10.73 1.78 37.92 0.60 46.93
Austral Islands 1.57 14.89 1.96 40.87 0.37 40.35
Source: Haut-Commissariat Archived 2018-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
Votes
Section Te Ora Api o Porinetia
Tavini Huiraatira
 E Reo Manahune
Tahoera'a Huiraatira
 Popular Republican Union
Tapura Huiraatira
Windward Isles 1 1,323 5,362 813 8,917 367 12,629
Windward Isles 2 1,249 7,083 613 10,851 455 14,350
Windward Isles 3 952 7,414 441 4,368 365 8,022
Leeward Isles 302 3,720 298 5,252 133 9,619
West Tuamotus 350 682 108 1,675 49 2,708
Gambier Islands and East Tuamotus 245 374 44 1,760 24 2,051
Marquesas Islands 115 608 101 2,148 34 2,658
Austral Islands 68 647 85 1,776 16 1,753
Source: Haut-Commissariat Archived 2018-04-23 at the Wayback Machine

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "French Polynesia election dates approved". Radio New Zealand. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^
    Radio New Zealand International. 2018-01-18. Archived
    from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  3. Radio New Zealand International. 2017-11-20. Archived
    from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  4. ^ Loi organique n° 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française (1).
  5. ^ Dépenses de campagne Haut-Commissariat de la République en Polynésie française
  6. Radio New Zealand International. 2017-12-09. Archived
    from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  7. ^ "En Marche coalition attempt fails in Tahiti". Radio New Zealand. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Temaru refuses to rule out Tahiti election boycott". Radio New Zealand. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  9. ^
    Radio New Zealand International. 2018-01-25. Archived
    from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
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