1977 New Caledonian legislative election

Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 11 September 1977.La composition Congress of New Caledonia Anti-autonomy parties won 19 of the 35 seats.Isabelle Leblic (2018) Chronologie de Kanaky Nouvelle-Calédonie (1774-2018). Version revue et augmentée en 2018 Journal de la Société des Océanistes Campaign A total of 495 candidates contested the elections, representing 19 parties.New Caledonia's poll:Independence the issue Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1977, p37 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. The campaign was described by Pacific Islands Monthly as "exceptionally savage". Results Women were elected to the Assembly for the first time, with Marie-Paule Serve and Edwige Antier winning seats. Of the 35 elected members, 22 were new to the Assembly. 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). 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 0 Leblic Elected members ConstituencyMemberPartyNotesEast (7 seats)Stanley CamerlynckNew Caledonian UnionYves de VillelongueRally for CaledoniaAndré GopeaMelanesian Progressive UnionRe-elected (previously UM)Éloi MachoroCaledonian UnionAuguste Parawi-ReybasRally for CaledoniaDaniel PoigouneParty of Kanak LiberationJean-Marie TjibaouCaledonian UnionIslands (5 seats)Nidoïsh NaisselineParty of Kanak LiberationDick UkeiwéRally for CaledoniaRe-elected (previously UD in South)Yann Céléné UregeïUnited Front of Kanak LiberationRe-elected (previously UM)Édouard WapaéCaledonian UnionYeiwéné YeiwénéCaledonian UnionSouth (16 seats)Edwige AntierUnion for the Renewal of New CaledoniaAlain BernutCaledonian Socialist PartyRe-elected (previously MPC)Victorin BoewaRally for CaledoniaJacques BouttinRally for CaledoniaPierre DeclercqCaledonian UnionPierre FrogierRally for CaledoniaMax FrouinCaledonian Liberal MovementRe-electedClaude FournierCaledonian Socialist PartyRe-elected (previously MPC)Roger LaroqueRally for CaledoniaRe-elected (previously EDS)Jean LèquesCaledonian Liberal MovementRe-electedPetelo ManuofiuaRally for CaledoniaJacques MourenRally for CaledoniaRaymond MuraAll Ethnicities' AgreementRock PidjotCaledonian UnionRe-electedMarie-Paule ServeRally for CaledoniaJacques VioletteCaledonian Socialist PartyWest (7 seats)Jean-Pierre AïfaNew Caledonian UnionRe-elected (previously in UC)François BurckCaledonian UnionJean DelouvrierRally for CaledoniaMaurice LenormandCaledonian UnionRe-elected (previously in South)Gaston MorletDemocratic UnionGabriel PaïtaCaledonian UnionRe-electedJoseph TidjineRally for CaledoniaRe-elected (previously UD)Source: Congress References New Caledonia Category:Elections in New Caledonia Category:1977 in New Caledonia New Caledonia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results