Tongatapu 4 by-election, 2016
A by-election is scheduled to be held in the Tongatapu 4 constituency in Tonga on 26 May 2016. It was triggered by the Supreme Court's annulling of people's representative Mateni Tapueluelu's election in 2014, due to unpaid court fines.[1]
Result
- future election
2014 result
The result in Tongatapu 4 in the 2014 general election had been as follows:
| Tongan general election, 2014: Tongatapu 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DPFI | Mateni Tapueluelu | 761 | 32.18 % | n/a | |
| Independent | ‘Isileli Pulu | 541 | 22.88 % | -35.4 % | |
| (unknown) | Edgar Cocker | 481 | 20.34 % | +6.5 % | |
| (unknown) | Filimone Fifita | 241 | |||
| (unknown) | Seketi Fuko | 237 | |||
| (unknown) | ‘Etuate Sakalia | 160 | |||
| (unknown) | Polikalepo Tuaileva | 93 | |||
| (unknown) | Tevita Koloamatangi | 51 | |||
| (unknown) | Felise ‘Ulupano | 37 | |||
| (unknown) | Tominiko Kama | 4 | |||
| Majority | 220 | 9.30 % | |||
| DPFI hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "By-election date set for vacant Tongan seats", Radio New Zealand, 2 February 2016
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