2009 New Caledonian legislative election

2009 New Caledonian legislative election

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All 54 seats in Congress 28 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 UNI–FLNKS 10.52 8 0 AE–LMD 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 and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), hoped to become the largest party in the elections. ^[5]

Campaign

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Provincial assemblies	Congress
	The Rally–UMP	19,888	20.60	16	13
	Caledonia Together	16,253	16.83	12	10
	Caledonian Union	11,247	11.65	14	8
	UNI–FLNKS	10,162	10.52	13	8
	Future Together–Movement for Diversity	9,894	10.25	8	6
	Labour Party	7,692	7.97	5	3
	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front	5,342	5.53	4	3
	Rally for Caledonia	4,304	4.46	2	2
	Civic Overture	2,974	3.08	0	0
	National Front	2,591	2.68	0	0
	Kanak Socialist Liberation–Indigenous Dynamics	1,852	1.92	2	1
	Future Together	1,414	1.46	0	0
	Generation Common Destiny	1,215	1.26	0	0
	Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees	605	0.63	0	0
	Movement for Diversity	516	0.53	0	0
	Oceanian Rally in a Plural Caledonia	443	0.46	0	0
	Future Together–Caledonia Together–Rally for Caledonia	166	0.17	0	0
Total		96,558	100.00	76	54
Valid votes		96,558	98.01
Invalid/blank votes		1,962	1.99
Total votes		98,520	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		135,932	72.48

By bloc

23 31
Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Provincial assemblies	+/–	Congress	+/–
	Loyalists LR, CE, AE, LMD, RPC, FN, ROCP	55,469	57.45	38	–8	31	–5
	Separatists UC, UNI, FLNKS, PT, LKS, FCCI	36,900	38.22	38	+8	23	+5
	Neutral OC, GDC	4,189	4.34	0	0	0	0
Total		96,558	100.00	76	0	54	0
Valid votes		96,558	98.01
Invalid/blank votes		1,962	1.99
Total votes		98,520	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		135,932	72.48

References

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. "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.