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]
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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
| 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 | ||||||