1977 New Caledonian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 11 September 1977.[1] Anti-autonomy parties won 19 of the 35 seats.[2]
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Campaign
A total of 495 candidates contested the elections, representing 19 parties.[3] For the first time, parties were allowed party political broadcasts on radio and television, with time allocated on the basis of seats held in the outgoing Assembly and local government.[3] The campaign was described by Pacific Islands Monthly as "exceptionally savage".[3]
Results
Women were elected to the Assembly for the first time,[3] with Marie-Claude Charles and Edwige Antier-Lagarde winning seats.[1] Of the 35 elected members, 22 were new to the Assembly.[3]
Anti-autonomy parties (Rally for Caledonia, the Caledonian Liberal Movement, the New Caledonian Union, the Union for Caledonian Renewal, the All Ethnicity Union and the Democratic Union) won 19 seats; pro-independence parties (the Caledonian Union, the Party of Kanak Liberation and the United Front of Kanak Liberation) won 12 seats, with the remaining four held by pro-autonomy parties (the Caledonian Socialist Party and the Melanesian Progressive Union).[2]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Rally for Caledonia | 12 | New | ||
Caledonian Union | 9 | –3 | ||
Caledonian Socialist Party | 3 | New | ||
Caledonian Liberal Movement | 2 | –3 | ||
New Caledonian Union | 2 | New | ||
Party of Kanak Liberation | 2 | New | ||
All Ethnicities' Agreement | 1 | New | ||
Democratic Union | 1 | –3 | ||
Melanesian Progressive Union | 1 | New | ||
Union for Caledonian Renewal | 1 | New | ||
United Front of Kanak Liberation | 1 | New | ||
Total | 35 | 0 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | – | – | ||
Source: Leblic |
Elected members
Constituency | Member | Party | Notes |
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East (7 seats) | Stanley Camerlynck | New Caledonian Union | |
Yves de Villelongue | Rally for Caledonia | ||
André Gopea | Melanesian Progressive Union | Re-elected (previously UM) | |
Éloi Machoro | Caledonian Union | ||
Auguste Parawi-Reybas | Rally for Caledonia | ||
Daniel Poigoune | Party of Kanak Liberation | ||
Jean-Marie Tjibaou | Caledonian Union | ||
Islands (5 seats) | Nidoïsh Naisseline | Party of Kanak Liberation | |
Dick Ukeiwé | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected (previously UD in South) | |
Yann Céléné Uregeï | United Front of Kanak Liberation | Re-elected (previously UM) | |
Édouard Wapaé | Caledonian Union | ||
Yeiwéné Yeiwéné | Caledonian Union | ||
South (16 seats) | Edwige Antier-Lagarde | Union for the Renewal of New Caledonia | |
Alain Bernut | Caledonian Socialist Party | Re-elected (previously MPC) | |
Victorin Boewa | Rally for Caledonia | ||
Jacques Bouttin | Rally for Caledonia | ||
Marie-Claude Charles | Rally for Caledonia | ||
Pierre Declercq | Caledonian Union | ||
Pierre Frogier | Rally for Caledonia | ||
Max Frouin | Caledonian Liberal Movement | Re-elected | |
Claude Fournier | Caledonian Socialist Party | Re-elected (previously MPC) | |
Roger Laroque | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected (previously EDS) | |
Jean Lèques | Caledonian Liberal Movement | Re-elected | |
Petelo Manuofiua | Rally for Caledonia | ||
Jacques Mouren | Rally for Caledonia | ||
Raymond Mura | All Ethnicities' Agreement | ||
Rock Pidjot | Caledonian Union | Re-elected | |
Jacques Violette | Caledonian Socialist Party | ||
West (7 seats) | Jean-Pierre Aïfa | New Caledonian Union | Re-elected (previously in UC) |
François Burck | Caledonian Union | ||
Jean Delouvrier | Rally for Caledonia | ||
Maurice Lenormand | Caledonian Union | Re-elected (previously in South) | |
Gaston Morlet | Democratic Union | ||
Gabriel Païta | Caledonian Union | Re-elected | |
Joseph Tidjine | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected (previously UD) | |
Source: Congress |
References
- La composition Congress of New Caledonia
- Isabelle Leblic (2018) Chronologie de Kanaky Nouvelle-Calédonie (1774-2018). Version revue et augmentée en 2018 Journal de la Société des Océanistes
- New Caledonia's poll:Independence the issue Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1977, p37