November 2019 Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua by-election

A by-election was held in the Cook Islands electorate of Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua on 14 November 2019. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of MP Te-Hani Brown following an earlier by-election. The by-election was won by Te-Hani Brown.[1]

Background

The March 2019 Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua by-election was won by Te Hani Brown.[2] Following the by-election, Democratic party candidate Nandi Glassie filed a petition against her victory, alleging that she had effectively bribed voters by covering the charge of a private aircraft to carry voters to vote on Atiu. Brown maintained that this did not constitute an offence.[3] Brown resigned in April 2019 during the process of the petition through the courts and although Glassie was allowed to challenge the election result, this was reversed on appeal.[3][4] Brown's seat was declared vacant in September 2019, triggering the by-election.[5]

Glassie was too ill to contest the by-election,[6] and the Democratic party instead selected businesswoman June Baudinet.[7][8]

Results
November 2019 Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Te-Hani Brown 92 74.2
Democratic June Baudinet 32 25.8
Majority 60 48.4
Turnout 124 93.9
Independent hold Swing

References
  1. "Atiu by-election win for Hon Te Hani Brown a 'huge endorsement of the Government'". Pacific Women in Politics. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. "Te-Hani Brown hangs on to seat in Cook Islands". RNZ. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. "Cook Islands electoral petition decision reserved". Radio New Zealand. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. "Re-elected Cooks MP resigns during petition process". Radio New Zealand. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. "DECLARATION OF VACANT SEAT IN THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS" (PDF). Government of the Cook Islands. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. "Veteran Cook Islands politician Glassie ill – reports". RNZ. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  7. Newport, Christina (2021). "Cook Islands". The Contemporary Pacific. 33 (1): 182–192. doi:10.1353/cp.2021.0010. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  8. Rashneel Kumar (18 October 2019). "Young and old go head to head in Atiu's by-election". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 18 June 2022.


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