Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency
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Department | Wallis and Futuna | ||
Canton | Alo, Sigave, Uvea |
The 1st constituency of Wallis and Fortuna is a French legislative constituency covering the whole of the overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is represented in the XIVth legislature by Napole Polutélé, an independent left-wing politician, elected at a by-election in 2013, though at the time of his election he represented the right.
Deputies
Election | Member | Party | |
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1958 | Hervé Loste | CNIP | |
1962 | RI | ||
1967 | Benjamin Brial | UDR | |
1978 | RPR | ||
1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
1988 | Benjamin Brial | RPR | |
1993 | Kamilo Gata | PS | |
1997 | Victor Brial | UMP | |
2002 | UMP | ||
2007 | Albert Likuvalu | PS | |
2012 | David Vergé | Miscellaneous right | |
2013 by-election | Napole Polutélé | Miscellaneous right | |
2013 (crossed the floor) | Miscellaneous left |
Election results
2013 by-election
David Vergé's 2012 election was annulled due to financial irregularities, causing a by-election on 17 and 24 March 2013.[1] Two candidates stood for the left, including Laurianne Vergé for the Socialists. She was the first woman ever to stand as a candidate for Parliament to represent the constituency - and was the wife of David Vergé, who had represented the other side of the political spectrum.[2] Seeking to retain the seat for the right, Napole Polutélé stood as an independent endorsed by the Union for a Popular Movement.[2]
All three candidates received good enough results to advance to the second round, where Polutélé received almost exactly the same result as in the first and was elected.[3] Two months later, having been elected to sit on the opposition benches (albeit officially as an independent), he joined the ranks of the Socialist-led majority. He explained frankly that being a member of the majority would make it easier for him to lobby the government for funds and services for his constituents - who, he said, cared little for the left-right divide prevalent in metropolitan France. He subsequently sat as an independent on the benches of the left.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Miscellaneous right | Napole Polutélé | 2,695 | 37.5 | -4.11 | |
Miscellaneous left | Mikaele Kulimoetoke | 2,318 | 32.3 | -8.74 | |
PS | Laurianne Vergé | 2,171 | 30.2 | +12.4 | |
Turnout | 7,243 | 79.7 | -3.11 | ||
Miscellaneous right hold | Swing | -4.11 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Miscellaneous right | Napole Polutélé | 2,543 | 37.4 | +8.6 | |
Miscellaneous left | Mikaele Kulimoetoke | 2,253 | 33.1 | +13.7 | |
PS | Laurianne Vergé | 2,006 | 29.5 | +16.33 | |
Turnout | 6,865 | 75.7 | -2.38 | ||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Miscellaneous right | David Vergé | 3,068 | 41.61 | n/a | |
Miscellaneous left | Mikaele Kulimoetoke | 3,026 | 41.04 | n/a | |
PRG | Albert Likuvalu | 1,280 | 17.36 | -34.43 | |
Turnout | 7,440 | 82.81 | +18.57 | ||
Miscellaneous right gain from PS | Swing | -10.18 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Miscellaneous right | David Vergé | 1,997 | 28.8 | ||
Miscellaneous left | Mikaele Kulimoetoke | 1,345 | 19.4 | ||
PRG | Albert Likuvalu | 1,179 | 17 | ||
PS | Epifano Tui | 913 | 13.17 | ||
MoDem | Antonio Ilalio | 858 | 12.37 | ||
PS | Simione Vanai[5] | 642 | 9.26 | ||
Turnout | 7,012 | 78.08 | |||
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PS | Albert Likuvalu | 4,152 | 51.79 | ||
UMP | Victor Brial | 3,865 | 48.21 | ||
Turnout | 41,605 | 64.24 | |||
PS gain from UMP | Swing | ||||
Sources and notes
- ↑ "A l'Assemblée nationale, la majorité absolue des socialistes fragilisée", Le Monde, 10 June 2013
- 1 2 "Napole Polutélé nouveau député de Wallis et Futuna", Outre-Mer 1ère, 25 March 2013
- ↑ By-elections to the National Assembly in 2013, French Ministry of the Interior
- ↑ "Le député de Wallis Napole Polutélé rejoint le Parti Socialiste", Outre-Mer 1ère, 29 May 2013
- ↑ This is not an error. The records indicate two Socialist candidates.
- French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).