2019_New_Caledonian_legislative_election Knowpia

2019 New Caledonian legislative election
	All 54 seats in the Congress; 27 seats needed for a majority
	Results by province.

Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 12 May 2019 to elect members of the Congress of New Caledonia and members of the provincial assemblies.

Anti-independence parties retained their majority in Congress, with the centre-right, liberal conservative Future with Confidence party winning a plurality of seats in Congress.

Electoral system edit

Voters elect 76 members to the assemblies of the three provinces of New Caledonia (40 for South Province, 22 for North Province, and 14 for the Loyalty Islands Province). In turn, 54 also become members of the Congress of New Caledonia (32 from South Province, 15 from North Province, and 7 from Loyalty Islands Province).

The elections are held under party-list proportional representation using a 5% electoral threshold and the highest averages method to allocate seats. The elections used a restricted roll, which restricts voting depending on how long someone has lived in New Caledonia.^[1] Only persons residing in New Caledonia since at least 8 November 1998 (and their children, once they reach the age of majority) are able to vote.

Results edit

Congress edit


Party		Position	Votes	%	Seats
Party		Position	Votes	%	Provincial assemblies	+/–	Congress	+/–
	Future with Confidence	Anti-independence	32,336	29.35	23	+7	18	+5
	Caledonia Together	Anti-independence	15,948	14.48	9	–11	7	–8
	Caledonian Union–FLNKS	Pro-Independence	14,255	12.94	15	–2	9	–1
	National Union for Independence	Pro-Independence	12,679	11.51	14	+3	9	+2
	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front	Pro-Independence	11,269	10.23	7	+1	6	+1
	Oceanian Awakening	Anti-independence	6,077	5.52	4	New	3	New
	Labour Party	Pro-Independence	4,182	3.80	2	0	1	0
	National Rally	Anti-independence	2,707	2.46	0	0	0	0
	Citizens' Alliance	Neutral	2,043	1.85	0	New	0	New
	New Independence and Sovereignty Movement	Pro-Independence	1,971	1.79	0	New	0	New
	Building Differently	Neutral	1,852	1.68	0	New	0	New
	Common Caledonian Destiny	Anti-independence	1,667	1.51	0	New	0	New
	Kanak Socialist Liberation	Pro-Independence	1,536	1.39	2	0	1	0
	New and Reunited Caledonia	Anti-independence	841	0.76	0	New	0	New
	Unitary Kanaky Generation	Pro-Independence	800	0.73	0	New	0	New
Total			110,163	100.00	76	0	54	0

Valid votes			110,163	97.70
Invalid/blank votes			2,597	2.30
Total votes			112,760	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			169,635	66.47
Source: New Caledonia Government

Provincial assemblies edit

South edit



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Future with Confidence	28,802	40.59	+2.21	20	+5
	Caledonia Together	13,122	18.49	–17.95	9	–8
	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front	11,269	15.88	–2.13	7	+1
	Oceanian Awakening	6,077	8.56	New	4	New
	National Rally	2,707	3.81	–0.16	0	0
	Citizens' Alliance	2,043	2.88	New	0	New
	Building Differently	1,852	2.61	New	0	New
	Common Caledonian Destiny	1,667	2.35	New	0	New
	Labour	1,335	1.88	New	0	New
	New Independence and Sovereign Movement	1,244	1.75	New	0	New
	New and Reunited Caledonia	841	1.19	New	0	New
Total		70,959	100.00	–	40	0

Valid votes		70,959	97.33
Invalid votes		592	0.81
Blank votes		1,356	1.86
Total votes		72,907	100.00

North edit



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	National Union for Independence	9,709	38.50	+0.57	10	+1
	UC–FLNKS	9,069	35.96	+0.60	9	0
	Future with Confidence	3,072	12.18	+2.82	3	+2
	Caledonia Together	1,975	7.83	–3.11	0	–3
	Labour Party	842	3.34	–3.06	0	0
	New Independence and Sovereign Movement	554	2.20	New	0	New
Total		25,221	100.00	–	22	0

Valid votes		25,221	97.93
Invalid votes		233	0.90
Blank votes		300	1.16
Total votes		25,754	100.00

Loyalty Islands edit



Party or alliance			Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Separatists	UC–FLNKS	5,186	37.09	–13.47	6	–2
		UNI–Palika	2,970	21.24	+6.18	4	+2
		Labour Party	2,005	14.34	–1.66	2	0
		Kanak Socialist Liberation	1,536	10.98	–0.51	2	0
		Unitary Kanaky Generation	800	5.72	New	0	New
		New Independence and Sovereign Movement	173	1.24	New	0	New
	Loyalists	Caledonia Together	851	6.09	New	0	New
	Loyalists	Future with Confidence	462	3.30	–3.59	0	0
Total			13,983	100.00	–	14	0

Valid votes			13,983	99.18
Invalid votes			58	0.41
Blank votes			58	0.41
Total votes			14,099	100.00