Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston

Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston or RAPPA is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.

Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston
Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
Region	Rarotonga
Current constituency
Created	1981
Number of members	1
Member(s)	Albert Nicholas
Created from	Te-au-o-tonga

The electorate was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981^[1] adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Te-au-o-tonga into four. It was further expanded in 1986 by the Constitution Amendment (No. 12) Act 1986.^[2] It consists of the tapere of Atupa, Avatiu and Ruatonga on the island of Rarotonga, as well as Palmerston Island.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Albert (Peto) Nicholas	Alliance Party
	1999	Albert (Peto) Nicholas	New Alliance Party
	2004, 2006	Albert (Peto) Nicholas	Cook Islands Party
	2010	John Henry	Cook Islands Party
	2014	Albert Nicholas	Democratic Party
	2017 by-election, 2018	Albert Nicholas	Cook Islands Party

Election results

2022 Cook Islands general election: Avatiu-Ruatonga-Palmerston^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Cook Islands	Albert Nicholas	358	60.7	+7.8
	Democratic	Teina Rongo	195	33.1	−14.0
	Cook Islands United	Makiroa Mitchell	37	6.3	+6.3
Turnout			590
	Cook Islands hold		Swing	+10.9

References

1. "Constitution Amendment (No 9) Act 1980–81". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
2. "Constitution Amendment (No 12) Act 1986". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
3. https://www.mfem.gov.ck/images/documents/Statistics_Docs/Elections/Gaz_Public_Notice_9_Declaration_of_Result_of_Poll.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}