Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Wallis and Futuna

French National Assembly
constituency

Deputy
 Napole Polutélé
Miscellaneous left
Department Wallis and Futuna
Canton Alo, Sigave, Uvea

The 1st constituency of Wallis and Fortuna is a French legislative constituency covering the whole of the overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is represented in the XIVth legislature by Napole Polutélé, an independent left-wing politician, elected at a by-election in 2013, though at the time of his election he represented the right.

Deputies

ElectionMemberParty
1958 Hervé Loste CNIP
1962 RI
1967 Benjamin Brial UDR
1978 RPR
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Benjamin Brial RPR
1993 Kamilo Gata PS
1997 Victor Brial UMP
2002 UMP
2007 Albert Likuvalu PS
2012 David Vergé Miscellaneous right
2013 by-election Napole Polutélé Miscellaneous right
2013 (crossed the floor) Miscellaneous left

Election results

2013 by-election

David Vergé's 2012 election was annulled due to financial irregularities, causing a by-election on 17 and 24 March 2013.[1] Two candidates stood for the left, including Laurianne Vergé for the Socialists. She was the first woman ever to stand as a candidate for Parliament to represent the constituency - and was the wife of David Vergé, who had represented the other side of the political spectrum.[2] Seeking to retain the seat for the right, Napole Polutélé stood as an independent endorsed by the Union for a Popular Movement.[2]

All three candidates received good enough results to advance to the second round, where Polutélé received almost exactly the same result as in the first and was elected.[3] Two months later, having been elected to sit on the opposition benches (albeit officially as an independent), he joined the ranks of the Socialist-led majority. He explained frankly that being a member of the majority would make it easier for him to lobby the government for funds and services for his constituents - who, he said, cared little for the left-right divide prevalent in metropolitan France. He subsequently sat as an independent on the benches of the left.[4]

2013 by-election: Wallis and Futuna 1st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Miscellaneous right Napole Polutélé 2,695 37.5 -4.11
Miscellaneous left Mikaele Kulimoetoke 2,318 32.3 -8.74
PS Laurianne Vergé 2,171 30.2 +12.4
Turnout 7,243 79.7 -3.11
Miscellaneous right hold Swing -4.11
2013 by-election: Wallis and Futuna 1st - 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Miscellaneous right Napole Polutélé 2,543 37.4 +8.6
Miscellaneous left Mikaele Kulimoetoke 2,253 33.1 +13.7
PS Laurianne Vergé 2,006 29.5 +16.33
Turnout 6,865 75.7 -2.38

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Wallis and Futuna 1st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Miscellaneous right David Vergé 3,068 41.61 n/a
Miscellaneous left Mikaele Kulimoetoke 3,026 41.04 n/a
PRG Albert Likuvalu 1,280 17.36 -34.43
Turnout 7,440 82.81 +18.57
Miscellaneous right gain from PS Swing -10.18
Legislative Election 2012: Wallis and Futuna 1st - 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Miscellaneous right David Vergé 1,997 28.8
Miscellaneous left Mikaele Kulimoetoke 1,345 19.4
PRG Albert Likuvalu 1,179 17
PS Epifano Tui 913 13.17
MoDem Antonio Ilalio 858 12.37
PS Simione Vanai[5] 642 9.26
Turnout 7,012 78.08

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Wallis and Futuna 1st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Albert Likuvalu 4,152 51.79
UMP Victor Brial 3,865 48.21
Turnout 41,605 64.24
PS gain from UMP Swing

Sources and notes

  1. ↑ "A l'Assemblée nationale, la majorité absolue des socialistes fragilisée", Le Monde, 10 June 2013
  2. 1 2 "Napole Polutélé nouveau député de Wallis et Futuna", Outre-Mer 1ère, 25 March 2013
  3. ↑ By-elections to the National Assembly in 2013, French Ministry of the Interior
  4. ↑ "Le député de Wallis Napole Polutélé rejoint le Parti Socialiste", Outre-Mer 1ère, 29 May 2013
  5. ↑ This is not an error. The records indicate two Socialist candidates.
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