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- 1 2 "Législatives 2022 : Présentation des parcours des 17 nouveaux députés d'Outre-mer entrant à l'Assemblée nationale" (in French). Outremers360. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ "Les commissions" (in French). Assemblée Territoriale Wallis & Futuna. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- 1 2 "Pro-independence candidates in Tahiti win seats in French National Assembly". RNZ. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ "Législatives : les candidats de la majorité présidentielle en tête en Nouvelle-Calédonie et à Wallis-et-Futuna" (in French). Challenges. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ "Wallis et Futuna (986) - 1ère circonscription" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ "Législatives 2022 : À Wallis et Futuna, Mikaele Seo, soutenu par la majorité présidentielle, élu député" (in French). Outremers 360. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ "Le nouveau député de Wallis et Futuna Mikaele Seo sera présent à la rentrée parlementaire au Palais-Bourbon" (in French). France Info. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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