French Polynesia's 3rd constituency
French Polynesia's third constituency is a French legislative constituency in French Polynesia. It is represented by Moetai Brotherson of Tavini Huiraatira.
| 3rd constituency of French Polynesia | |
|---|---|
 inline National Assembly of France | |
 Location in French Polynesia | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | French Polynesia (overseas collectivity) |
It was created in the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, which came into application for the June 2012 legislative election. It contains part of Tahiti (Faaa and Punaauia) and all the Leeward Islands (Bora-Bora, Huahine, Maupiti, Tahaa, Taputapuatea, Tumaraa and Uturoa).[1]
Deputies
When the constituency was first contested during the 2012 elections, Jean-Paul Tuaiva, a business excecutive, was elected. He was supported by Tapura huiraatira, a right-of-centre and anti-independence party. He prevailed in the second round during a close contest, opposing him to Tauhiti Nena, a Cabinet Minister in the Temaru government.
In 2017, Tuaiva was embroiled in a misappropriation of public funds case and did not run for reelection. The election was a three-way race between Patrick Howell, supported by Tuaiva and a minister in the Fritch administration, Moetai Brotherson, a left-wing independentist and the step-son of Oscar Temaru, and Vincent Dubois, a former senator and a right-wing autonomist. The latter was eliminated in the first round and Brotherson prevailed in the second round in a somewhat less close race than that of 2012.
In 2022, Brotherson was reelected with a comfortable margin against his main opponent from Tapura, Tuterai Tumahai, a doctor. In 2023, following the victory of Tavini Huiraatira, Brotherson's party, during the legislative election, Moetai Brotherson was elected President of French Polynesia. Therefore, he resigned as deputy and was replaced by his substitute, Mereana Reid Arbelot.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jean-Paul Tuaiva | Tapura | |
| 2017 | Moetai Brotherson | Tavini | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2023 | Mereana Reid Arbelot | ||
Election Results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavini Huiraatira (NUPÉS) | Moetai Brotherson | 9,761 | 34.26 | +4.15 | |||
| Tapura Huiraatira (Ensemble) | Tuterai Tumehai | 9,128 | 32.04 | -1.36 | |||
| A here | Nuihau Laurey | 4,140 | 14.53 | N/A | |||
| Amuitahira'a o te Nuna'a Maohi (UDC) | Sylviane Terooatea | 3,987 | 13.99 | -13.58 | |||
| ECO | Jules Hauata | 586 | 2.06 | N/A | |||
| Others | N/A | 889 | 3.13 | ||||
| Turnout | 28,491 | 43.33 | -0.22 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| Tavini Huiraatira (NUPÉS) | Moetai Brotherson | 21,937 | 61.32 | +8.82 | |||
| Tapura Huiraatira (Ensemble) | Tuterai Tumehai | 13,837 | 38.68 | -8.82 | |||
| Turnout | 35,774 | 54.62 | +3.87 | ||||
| Tavini Huiraatira hold | |||||||
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Patrick Howell | Tapura | 9,195 | 33.40 | 15,020 | 47.50 | |
| Moetai Brotherson | Tavini | 8,291 | 30.11 | 16,603 | 52.50 | |
| Vincent Dubois | Tahoera'a | 7,592 | 27.57 | |||
| Albert Roi | DVG | 1,008 | 3.66 | |||
| Astride Mara | FI | 513 | 1.86 | |||
| Teiva Lanteires | FN | 333 | 1.21 | |||
| Corinne Atger | DIV | 308 | 1.12 | |||
| Dominique Tixier | DIV | 293 | 1.06 | |||
| Votes | 27,533 | 100.00 | 31,623 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 27,533 | 97.54 | 31,623 | 96.71 | ||
| Blank votes | 430 | 1.52 | 616 | 1.88 | ||
| Null votes | 264 | 0.94 | 459 | 1.40 | ||
| Turnout | 28,227 | 43.55 | 32,698 | 50.75 | ||
| Abstentions | 36,587 | 56.45 | 31,727 | 49.25 | ||
| Registered voters | 64,814 | 64,425 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
| Tauhiti Nena | DVG | 8,545 | 30.52% | 15,699 | 49.76% | ||||||
| Jean-Paul Tuaiva | DVD | 6,692 | 23.90% | 15,851 | 50.24% | ||||||
| Gaston Tong Sang | UMP | 4,604 | 16.45% | ||||||||
| Teva Rohfritsch | PR | 2,793 | 9.98% | ||||||||
| Jean-Christophe Bouissou | DVD | 1,762 | 6.29% | ||||||||
| John Tefan | DVD | 878 | 3.14% | ||||||||
| Nicolas Bertholon | DVD | 637 | 2.28% | ||||||||
| Taimana Ellacott | ?? | 595 | 2.13% | ||||||||
| Gaston Tetuanui | ?? | 379 | 1.35% | ||||||||
| Angèle Teriitau | EELV | 346 | 1.24% | ||||||||
| Eric Minardi | FN | 327 | 1.17% | ||||||||
| Monil Tetuanui | DVG | 206 | 0.74% | ||||||||
| Daniel Tuahu | DVD | 113 | 0.40% | ||||||||
| René Hoffer | ?? | 108 | 0.39% | ||||||||
| Teriiorai Oopa | DVD | 10 | 0.04% | ||||||||
| Valid votes | 27,995 | 98.23% | 31,550 | 96.35% | |||||||
| Spoilt and null votes | 503 | 1.77% | 1,195 | 3.65% | |||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 28,498 | 47.34% | 32,745 | 54.90% | |||||||
| Abstentions | 31,696 | 52.66% | 26,900 | 45.10% | |||||||
| Registered voters | 60,194 | 100.00% | 59,645 | 100.00% | |||||||
References
- "Tableau des circonscriptions électorales de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des collectivités d'outre-mer régies par l'article 74 de la Constitution (élection des députés) du Code électoral français" (in French). French Government.
- "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Polynésie française". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-01.