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Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 11 September 1977. [1] Anti-autonomy parties won 19 of the 35 seats. [2]
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Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 11 September 1977. [1] Anti-autonomy parties won 19 of the 35 seats. [2]
A total of 495 candidates contested the elections, representing 19 parties. [3] For the first time, parties were allowed party political broadcasts on radio and television, with time allocated on the basis of seats held in the outgoing Assembly and local government. [3] The campaign was described by Pacific Islands Monthly as "exceptionally savage". [3]
Women were elected to the Assembly for the first time, [3] with Marie-Paule Serve and Edwige Antier winning seats. [1] Of the 35 elected members, 22 were new to the Assembly. [3]
Anti-autonomy parties (Rally for Caledonia, the Caledonian Liberal Movement, the New Caledonian Union, the Union for Caledonian Renewal, the All Ethnicity Union and the Democratic Union) won 19 seats; pro-independence parties (the Caledonian Union, the Party of Kanak Liberation and the United Front of Kanak Liberation) won 12 seats, with the remaining four held by pro-autonomy parties (the Caledonian Socialist Party and the Melanesian Progressive Union). [2]
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rally for Caledonia | 12 | New | |
| Caledonian Union | 9 | –3 | |
| Caledonian Socialist Party | 3 | New | |
| Caledonian Liberal Movement | 2 | –3 | |
| New Caledonian Union | 2 | New | |
| Party of Kanak Liberation | 2 | New | |
| All Ethnicities' Agreement | 1 | New | |
| Democratic Union | 1 | –3 | |
| Melanesian Progressive Union | 1 | New | |
| Union for Caledonian Renewal | 1 | New | |
| United Front of Kanak Liberation | 1 | New | |
| Total | 35 | 0 | |
| Source: Leblic | |||
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