2023 Tokelauan general election

General elections were held in Tokelau on 26 January 2023.[1]

Politics of Tokelau

Background

The previous elections were held in 2020.[2]

Electoral system

The General Fono consists of a Faipule (representative) and a Pulenuku (village mayor) elected in each of the three villages (Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu). Each village also elects one delegate for every 100 residents.[3] In total six MPs were elected from Nukunonu, and seven each from Atafu and Fakaofo.[4] Voting uses a majoritarian system in which a candidate needs to obtain over 50% of the vote.[5] If there are multiple delegates elected in a village, majority-at-large voting is used. Unlike previous elections, which saw Nukunonu use a different polling method from the other atolls, this was the first election where all three atolls used the same system.[4]

Results
Position Atafu members Fakaofo members Nukunonu members
FaipuleKelihiano KaloloFofo TuisanoAlipate Tavite
PulenukuNogo IupatiOtinielu TuumuliPetelo Patelesio
Taupulega Representatives
(Village elders)		Lepaio LuaKaio IsaakoFalaniko Aloisio
Tiu FaōTuutuuvae Sefo AteriSalesio Lui
Tulano ToloaTaupati Peleni
Taulelea Representatives
(Men's group)		Tepapa Tom TomaPalelei Famatala SiliSavelio Tumua
Fafine Representatives
(Women's group)		Latu KuresaMalia Sugalu PuēLupe Josephine Lui
Source: Radio New Zealand

No elections were held for the Taupulega seats for Fakaofo as only three candidates were nominated for the three seats available.[6]

Members of the fono and ministers were sworn in on 13 March 2023.[7]

References
  1. "Pacific news in brief for December 29". RNZ. 29 December 2022. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. Tokelau prepares to head to the polls Archived 2022-12-18 at the Wayback Machine Radio New Zealand, 22 January 2020
  3. Tokelau: Electoral system for national legislature Archived 2019-12-23 at the Wayback Machine IDEA
  4. "'Every election is important': Tokelau prepares to hit the polls". RNZ. 18 January 2023. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  5. "National Elections Rules 2013". PACLII. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  6. "A first for Tokelau as all three atolls vote in same electoral process". RNZ. 26 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. "Tokelau welcomes new head of government". RNZ. 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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