Manihiki (electorate)

The electorate of Manihiki

Manihiki is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Henry Puna, who has held the seat since 2010.

The electorate consists of the island of Manihiki.

Members of Parliament for Manihiki

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	Reason
George Ellis	Cook Islands Party	1983 (Mar)	1983 (Nov)	Defeated
Ben Toma	Democrat	1983 (Nov), 1989	1994	Unknown
Robert Woonton	Democrat	1994, 1999	2004	Resigned after tie in 2004
Henry Puna	Cook Islands Party	2005 byelection	2006	Defeated
Apii Piho	Democrat	2006	2010	Defeated
Henry Puna	Cook Islands Party	2010	(incumbent)

Election results

2010 election

Cook Islands general election, 2010: Manihiki

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Cook Islands	Henry Puna	100	54.64	5.74
	Democratic	Apii Piho	73	39.89	11.21
	Independent	Rangi Mitaera	10	5.46
Turnout			183	100.0

2006 election

Cook Islands general election, 2006: Manihiki ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Apii Piho	115	51.1
	Cook Islands	Henry Puna	110	48.9
Turnout			225	100.0

2005 Byelection

Manihiki by-election, 2005 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Cook Islands	Henry Puna	120	54.5%
	Democratic	Apii Piho	100	45.5%
Turnout			220

2004 election

Cook Islands general election, 2004: Manihiki ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Woonton	142	50.7
	Cook Islands	Henry Puna	138	49.3
Turnout			280	100.0

References

1. "Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006". Cook Islands Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
2. "Initial results indicate Cook Islands Party wins by-election". RNZ. 10 February 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
3. "GENERAL ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS: STATE OF THE PARTIES – to 13 September 2004". Cook Islands News. 13 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004.