| Tongatapu 3 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Tonga | |
| Region | Tongatapu |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Party | Independent |
| Member | Siaosi Sovaleni |
Tongatapu 3 is an electoral constituency for the Legislative Assembly in the Kingdom of Tonga. It was established for the November 2010 general election, when the multi-seat regional constituencies for People's Representatives were replaced by single-seat constituencies, electing one representative via the first past the post electoral system. Located on the country's main island, Tongatapu, it encompasses parts of Kolofoʻou and Maʻufanga (districts of the capital city Nukuʻalofa), and the entirety of the villages of Pahu, ʻAmaile, Fasi-moe-afi-ʻa-Tungi, Ngeleʻia, Mataika, and Halaleva. [1]
Its first ever representative is Sitiveni Halapua, of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands. Halapua, a first time MP, defeated Clive Edwards, an incumbent MP and former Deputy Prime Minister. (Edwards was nonetheless subsequently appointed Minister for Justice, thus obtaining a seat in Parliament ex officio.) [2] [3] For the 2014 election, Halapua was deselected by the party, which endorsed Simote Vea as its candidate to replace him. Vea was defeated by independent candidate Siaosi Sovaleni, resulting in the DPFI losing the seat. [4] [5] [6]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sitiveni Halapua | Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands | |
| 2014 | Siaosi Sovaleni | Independent | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2025 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Siaosi Sovaleni | 1239 | 72.75 | –10.54 | |
| Independent | Gabriella Renne Blake ʻIlolahia | 464 | 27.25 | +12.22 | |
| Turnout | 1703 | ||||
| Majority | 775 | 45.51 | –27.76 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | –10.54 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Siaosi Sovaleni | 2084 | 83.29 | +38.95 | |
| Independent | Gabriella Renne Blake ʻIlolahia | 376 | 15.03 | n/a | |
| Independent | Fisiʻipeau Faiva | 42 | 1.68 | n/a | |
| Turnout | 2502 | ||||
| Majority | 1708 | 68.27 | +53.01 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | +38.95 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Siaosi Sovaleni | 1421 | 44.34 | +10.34 | |
| Independent | Tevita Palu | 932 | 29.08 | +5.08 | |
| Democrats | Katalina Tohi | 607 | 18.94 | n/a | |
| Independent | Mele Teusivi ʻAmanaki | 159 | 4.96 | –0.04 | |
| Independent | Sitiveni Halapua | 83 | 2.59 | n/a | |
| Independent | Tonga Soane | 3 | 0.09 | n/a | |
| Turnout | 3205 | ||||
| Majority | 489 | 15.26 | +5.26 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | +10.34 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Siaosi Sovaleni | 975 | 34.0 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | Tevita Palu | 688 | 24.0 | n/a | |
| PDP | Clive Edwards | 503 | 17.5 | −7.5 | |
| Democrats | Simote Vea | 440 | 15.3 | −23.2 | |
| DLP | Mele ‘Amanaki | 142 | 5.0 | +1.2 | |
| (unknown) | Gabriella ‘Ilolahia | 107 | 3.7 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | Paula Lavulo | 13 | 0.5 | n/a | |
| Turnout | 2868 | ||||
| Majority | 287 | 10.0 | n/a | ||
| Independent gain from Democrats | Swing | 18.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | Sitiveni Halapua | 1047 | 38.5 | n/a | |
| PDP | Clive Edwards | 681 | 25.0 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | Viliami Takau | 289 | 10.6 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | Penisimani Vea | 257 | 9.4 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | David Kaveinga Vaka | 191 | 7.0 | n/a | |
| DLP | Betty Blake | 103 | 3.8 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | Sione ʻUhilamoelangi Liavaʻa | 83 | 3.1 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | Falakiko Karl Taufaeteau | 35 | 1.3 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | Pesalili Kailahi | 23 | 0.8 | n/a | |
| (unknown) | Semisi Nauto Tuapasi ʻAtaʻata | 12 | 0.4 | n/a | |
| Turnout | 2721 | ||||
| Majority | 366 | 13.5 | n/a | ||
| Democrats win (new seat) | |||||