2009 New Caledonian legislative election

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]

2009 New Caledonian legislative election

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All 54 seats in Congress 27 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

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 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.