Tongatapu 8

Tongatapu 8 is an electoral constituency for the Legislative Assembly in the Kingdom of Tonga. It was established for the November 2010 general election, when the multi-seat regional constituencies for People's Representatives were replaced by single-seat constituencies, electing one representative via the first past the post electoral system. Located on the country's main island, Tongatapu, it encompasses the villages of Malapo, Vaini, Longoteme, Folaha, Nukuhetulu, Kauvai, and Veitongo.[1]

Tongatapu 8
Constituency
for the Legislative Assembly of Tonga
RegionTongatapu
Current constituency
Created2010
Number of members1
Member(s)Sione Taione

Its first ever representative was Sione Taione, a first time MP, representing the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands.[2]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
2010 Sione Taione Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands

Election results

2010
Tongan general election, 2010: Tongatapu 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DPFI Sione Havea Taione 901 34.1
(unknown) Lui ‘Aho 770 29.1
(unknown) Fataimoemanu Lafaele Vaihu 474 17.9
(unknown) Siaosi ‘Etika Moleni 177 6.7
PLT Sioape Tu’iono 118 4.5
(unknown) Mosese Senituli Manu 83 3.1
(unknown) Simote Po’uliva’ati 66 2.5
(unknown) Simione Kau Silapelu 32 1.2
(unknown) Nakita Talanoa 20 0.8
(unknown) Solo Fefioloi Solomone La’akulu 5 0.2
Majority 131 5 n/a
DPFI win (new seat)

2014

Along with five other incumbent DPFI MPs, Sione Taione was not selected as a DPFI candidate for this election, and announced he would be running as an independent candidate.[3]

Tongan general election, 2014: Tongatapu 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±
(unknown)
Turnout
gollark: Now, I hackerized your timetable with my 1337 sk1llz, and you have maths - probably not much ability to do work there - physics, during which you may be able to do some depending on whether Dr Houchin does anything, more maths, lunch, which is actually very long for you so you do in fact have a while, and then also maths, then computer science, which is when it's due.
gollark: You can just work on it during lessons.
gollark: Oh, I forgot you're not in school, you'll be fine then.
gollark: I guess if you trim form time, which you *may* be able to do, then it could work.
gollark: I do not consider 30 minutes or so "ages".

References
  1. Tonga Electoral Commission
  2. 2010 election results for Tongatapu, Matangi Tonga
  3. "6 members of the Democratic Party will stand as independents" Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, Tonga Daily News, 2 September 2014
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.