2011 Tongatapu 9 by-election

By-election to the Tongan parliament April 2021 Tongatapu 9 by-election presidential Tonga Tongatapu 9 constituency no no 2010 Tongan general election 2010 15 September 2011 Falisi Tupou FF0000 DPFI 745 32.8% Sevenitini Toumoʻua (unknown) 483 21.3% Viliami Fukofuka (unknown) 469 20.7% Kaveinga Faʻanunu Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands to be determined A by-election was held in the Tongatapu 9 constituency of Tonga on 15 September 2011. It was triggered by the death of the incumbent, the first time MP Kaveinga Faʻanunu, who died of head and neck cancer on 24 July. Under the first past the post system, Faʻanunu had won the newly established single-member seat for the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands in the November 2010 general election, with 34% of the vote, and a majority of 494 votes (18.5%), appearing to make it a relatively safe seat for the party (which was a junior partner in Lord Tuʻivakano's government).http://www.matangitonga.to/article/tonganews/politics/20110805_tonga_by-election.shtml September 15 by-election for Tongatapu 9 Matangi Tonga 5 August 2011http://matangitonga.to/article/tonganews/politics/20101125_tonga_election_download_results.shtml Results of the November 2010 general election Matangi Tonga 26 November 2010 Candidates On 18 August, the Tongan government announced that six candidates had been registered for the by-election, without however specifying what political party any of them might be a member of. They were Konisitutone Simana Kamii, Siaosi ʻEnosi Tuʻipulotu, Viliami Fukofuka, Sevenitini Toumoʻua, ʻEpeli Taufa Kalimani, and Falisi Tupou. The first five had stood unsuccessfully in the November general election – most notably Sevenitini Toumoʻua, who had finished second to Faʻanunu with 15.5% of the vote."Six candidates registered for upcoming Tongatapu 9 By-Election" https://web.archive.org/web/20120323042909/http://www.mic.gov.to/press-releases/2846?task=view 23 March 2012 , Tongan government, 19 August 2011 Result Falisi Tupou, the candidate of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands, won the seat with 32.8% of the vote."Falisi Tupou new Tongatapu 9 PR"August 2026 InternetArchiveBot , Matangi Tonga, 15 September 2011"Democratic Party wins Tongan by-election", ABC Radio Australia, 15 September 2011 Tongatapu 9 by-election, 2011 Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands Falisi Tupou 745 32.83% -1.2% (unknown) Sevenitini Toumoʻua 483 21.29% +5.8% (unknown) Viliami Fukofuka 469 20.67% +10.9% (unknown) Siaosi ʻEnosi Tuʻipulotu 254 11.20% +5.7% (unknown) ʻEpeli Taufa Kalemani 199 8.77% +6.9% (unknown) Konisitutone Simana Kami 119 5.24% +3.3% 2,269 76.68% 262 11.55% -7% Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands -1.2% 2010 result Tongan general election, 2010: Tongatapu 9 Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands Kaveinga Faʻanunu 908 34.0 (unknown) Sevenitini Toumoʻua 414 15.5 (unknown) Viliami Fukofuka 262 9.8 (unknown) Filimone Fifita 241 9.0 (unknown) ʻAisake ʻEtimoni Tuʻiono 229 8.6 (unknown) Siaosi ʻEnosi Tuʻipulotu 147 5.5 (unknown) Semisi Kailahi 136 5.1 (unknown) Tonga Tongilava Lemoto 110 4.1 (unknown) ʻEpeli Taufa Kalemani 51 1.9 (unknown) Konisitutone Simana Kami 50 1.9 (unknown) Falati Papani 49 1.8 (unknown) Mosese Latu 22 0.8 (unknown) Sione ʻUmeahola Faeamani 21 0.8 (unknown) ʻOfa Fatai 18 0.7 (unknown) Samisoni Lotaki Kanongataʻa 15 0.6 2673 494 18.5 Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands n/a References Tonga Tongatapu Category:By-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Category:Tongatapu