2014 New Caledonian legislative election

none New Caledonia 2009 2019 11 May 2014 All 54 seats in the Congress 28 Caledonia Together Philippe Gomès 26.05 15 10 Front for Unity Cynthia Ligeard 12.97 7 18 Caledonian Union Daniel Goa 12.92 9 8 UCF Sonia Backès 11.91 6 2 CNNA Roch Wamytan 11.67 6 3 National Union for Independence Louis Mapou 10.38 7 6 Labour Party (New Caledonia) Louis Kotra Uregei 3.49 1 4 EPN Francis Euriboa 2.08 1 Kanak Socialist Liberation Basile Citré 1.49 1 1 UPCLL Jacques Lalié 1.49 1 Provincial2014.png Results by province. Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 11 May 2014.http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/new-caledonia/5275/independence-movement-launches-unity-ticket/ Independence movement launches unity ticket - New Caledonia - News - Islands Business magazine 2014-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140506150146/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/new-caledonia/5275/independence-movement-launches-unity-ticket/ 2014-05-06 dead The result was a victory for the three anti-independence parties (Caledonia Together, Front for Unity and Union for Caledonia in France), which together won 29 of the 54 seats (48.85% of the votes, 53.7% of the seats) in the Congress of New Caledonia.New Caledonia elections: French loyalists win, independence supporters gain ground ABC, 12 May 2014 Electoral system Voters elected 87 members to the assemblies of the three provinces of New Caledonia. In turn, 54 also become members of the Congress. Voting was restricted to people on the Special Roll, which excluded people who moved to New Caledonia after 1988. A total of 17 parties registered to contest the elections.17 party lists to contest New Caledonia provincial elections Radio New Zealand International, 23 April 2014 Campaign The main issue at stake in the elections was independence from France. The elected Congress would be responsible for taking decisions on moving towards independence, as agreed in the Nouméa Accord, and an independence referendum will be held during the term of this Congress if there is a three-fifths majority in favour of holding one. However, in the lead up to the elections, the pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front claimed that around 6,700 people on the Special Roll had moved to New Caledonia after 1988, and that 2,000 people who should have been on the Special Roll and were eligible to vote in the Territorial elections were not, the two figures equating to around 7% of registered voters.French magistrates to resolve New Caledonia electoral issues Radio New Zealand International, 28 February 2014 In response, anti-independence groups claimed that 4,000 Kanaks should be removed from the electoral roll,New Caledonia Congress President Roch Wamytam raises electoral roll concerns ahead of independence moves ABC, 28 February 2014 and that taking the issue to court would threaten a return to violence. A television debate was planned to discuss the electoral roll issue, but was cancelled at the last minute.Televised New Caledonia election debate cancelled Radio New Zealand International, 11 April 2014 The United Nations sent a delegation to the territory in March 2014 to look into the controversy around the electoral lists, and to ensure that the Accords were upheld.UN sends mission to New Caledonia https://web.archive.org/web/20140504172540/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/2014/4/politics/un-sends-mission-to-new-caledonia/ 2014-05-04 Islands Business, April 2014 Although the French government approved the UN delegation, the anti-independence Union for New Caledonia within France and Caledonia Together opposed their presence. Results Provincialassemblies +/– Congress +/– Caledonia Together 27424 19 +7 15 +5 Front for Unity (LR–AE–LMD) 13649 9 –14 7 –11 Caledonian Union 13602 15 +1 9 +1 Union for Caledonia in France (MPC–RPC–MRC) 12539 8 +6 6 +4 Build Our Rainbow Nation (UC–Palika–UPM–RDO–Dynamic Unitary South fr Dynamik unitaire Sud DUS) 12289 7 +3 6 +3 National Union for Independence 10929 11 +1 7 +1 Labour Party 3678 2 –5 1 –3 National Front 2706 0 – 0 – North Province AgreementIn coalition with the Front for Unity 2191 1 – 1 – Convergence Country 2190 0 – 0 – Kanak Socialist Liberation 1566 2 – 1 – Union for Building the Loyalty Islands 1564 2 1 1 – The Other Voice 939 0 – 0 – 0 0 1410 152457 New Caledonia Government By bloc 150 0 #F8F9FA 25 red 29 blue Provincialassemblies +/– Congress +/– LoyalistsCE, FPU Front pour l'unité, UCF Union pour la Calédonie dans la France, FN, EPN Entente provinciale Nord, CP Convergence Pays, LV L'autre voix(e) 61638 37 –1 29 –2 blue red SeparatistsUC, CNNA Construisons notre nation arc-en-ciel, UNI, PT, LKS, UCL Union pour construire les Loyauté 43628 39 +1 25 +2 0 0 1410 152457 References Politics New Caledonia New Caledonia Legislative Category:Elections in New Caledonia New Caledonia