1972 French Polynesian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 10 September 1972.[1] Anti-autonomist parties won a majority.
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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | 6,484 | 22.7 | 8 | +2 |
E'a Api | 6,055 | 21.2 | 7 | –2 |
Here Ai'a | 5,211 | 18.3 | 7 | 0 |
Te Au Tahoeraa–Tomite Taufa | 3,341 | 11.7 | 3 | New |
Communal and Territorial Union | 7,413 | 26.0 | 1 | New |
Marquesan Union–UNR | 1 | 0 | ||
Safeguard the Leeward Islands | 1 | New | ||
Tapura Huiraatira No Raro Matai | 1 | New | ||
Union of Workers and Fishermen | 1 | 0 | ||
Independence Party | 0 | New | ||
Other parties | 0 | – | ||
Total | 28,504 | 100 | 30 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 63 | – | – | |
Source: Assembly, Henningham |
Elected members
Constituency | Member | Party | Notes |
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Austral Islands | Pierre Hunter | Here Ai'a | Re-elected |
Tara Lenoir | Here Ai'a | ||
Leeward Islands | Roger Amiot | E'a Api | Re-elected |
Adolphe Bohl | Here Ai'a | Re-elected | |
Philippe Brotherson | Here Ai'a | ||
Tetuanui Ehu | Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | Re-elected | |
Marcel Hart | Safeguard the Leeward Islands | Re-elected | |
Toro Teriirere | Tapura Huiraatira No Raro Matai | Re-elected (previously UTD) | |
Marquesas Islands | Guy Rauzy | E'a Api | Re-elected |
André Teikitutoua | Marquesan Union–UNR | Re-elected | |
Tuamotu–Gambier Islands | Calixte Jouette | Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | Re-elected |
Riquet Marere | Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | Re-elected | |
Louis Palmer | E'a Api | ||
André Porlier | Union of Workers and Fishermen | Re-elected | |
Windward Islands | Henri Bouvier | Here Ai'a | Re-elected |
Anthelme Buillard | E'a Api | ||
Gaston Flosse | Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | Re-elected | |
Michel Law | Te Au Tahoeraa–Tomite Taufa | ||
Tuianu Le Gayic | Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | ||
Coco Lehartel | Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | ||
André Lorfevre | E'a Api | ||
Daniel Millaud | E'a Api | Re-elected | |
Pouvanaa a Oopa | Here Ai'a | ||
Nedo Salmon | Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | Re-elected | |
Tutaha Salmon | Communal and Territorial Union | ||
Francis Sanford | E'a Api | Re-elected | |
Charles Taufa | Te Au Tahoeraa–Tomite Taufa | Re-elected (previously Tahoeraa Ui No Polynesia) | |
John Teariki | Here Ai'a | Re-elected | |
Jacques Teuira | Tahoeraa Maohi UT–UNR | Re-elected | |
Frantz Vanizette | Te Au Tahoeraa–Tomite Taufa | Re-elected (previously Independents of Economic and Social Action) | |
Source: Assembly of French Polynesia |
Aftermath
Louis Palmer died in February 1973 and was replaced by Lucien Ratinassamy. Pouvanaa a Oopa resigned during the term of the Territorial Assembly and was replaced by Yannick Amaru. André Teikitutoua died shortly before the 1977 elections and was not replaced.[2]
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References
- Autonomists set back on their heels at French-Polynesian poll Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1972, p13
- Les élus de l’assemblée territoriale Assembly of French Polynesia
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