2019 New Caledonian legislative election

Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 12 May 2019 to elect members of the Congress of New Caledonia and members of the provincial assemblies.

2019 New Caledonian legislative election

12 May 2019

All 54 seats in the Congress 27 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– AEC Virginie Ruffenach 29.35 18 +5 Ensemble Philippe Michel 14.48 7 −8 UC–FLNKS Pierre-Chanel Tutugoro 12.94 9 −1 UNI Jean-Pierre Djaïwe 11.51 9 +2 FLNKS Jean-Pierre Djaïwé 10.23 6 +1 EO Milakulo Tukumuli 5.52 3 New PT Louis Kotra Uregei 3.80 1 0 LKS Basile Citré 1.39 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province. President of the Congress before President of the Congress after Gaël Yanno MPC Roch Wamytan UC

Anti-independence parties retained their majority in Congress, with the centre-right, liberal conservative Future with Confidence party winning a plurality of seats in Congress.

Electoral system

Voters elect 76 members to the assemblies of the three provinces of New Caledonia (40 for South Province, 22 for North Province, and 14 for the Loyalty Islands Province). In turn, 54 also become members of the Congress of New Caledonia (32 from South Province, 15 from North Province, and 7 from Loyalty Islands Province).

The elections are held under party-list proportional representation using a 5% electoral threshold and the highest averages method to allocate seats. The elections used a restricted roll, which restricts voting depending on how long someone has lived in New Caledonia. Only persons residing in New Caledonia since at least 8 November 1998 (and their children, once they reach the age of majority) are able to vote.

Results

Congress

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Provincial assemblies	+/–	Congress	+/–
	Future with Confidence	32,336	29.35	23	+7	18	+5
	Caledonia Together	15,948	14.48	9	–11	7	–8
	Caledonian Union–FLNKS	14,255	12.94	15	–2	9	–1
	National Union for Independence	12,679	11.51	14	+3	9	+2
	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front	11,269	10.23	7	+1	6	+1
	Oceanian Awakening	6,077	5.52	4	New	3	New
	Labour Party	4,182	3.80	2	0	1	0
	National Rally	2,707	2.46	0	0	0	0
	Citizens' Alliance	2,043	1.85	0	New	0	New
	New Independence and Sovereignty Movement	1,971	1.79	0	New	0	New
	Building Differently	1,852	1.68	0	New	0	New
	Common Caledonian Destiny	1,667	1.51	0	New	0	New
	Kanak Socialist Liberation	1,536	1.39	2	0	1	0
	New and Reunited Caledonia	841	0.76	0	New	0	New
	Unitary Kanaky Generation	800	0.73	0	New	0	New
Total		110,163	100.00	76	0	54	0
Valid votes		110,163	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		2,597	2.30
Total votes		112,760	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		169,635	66.47
Source: New Caledonia Government

By bloc

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Provincial assemblies	+/–	Congress	+/–
	Loyalists AEC, CE, RN, DCC, CNR	53,499	48.56	32	–5	25	–4
	Separatists UC, FLNKS, UNI, PT, MNIS, LKS, UKG	46,692	42.38	40	+1	26	+1
	Neutral EO, ACT, CA	9,972	9.05	4	+4	3	+3
Total		110,163	100.00	76	0	54	0
Valid votes		110,163	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		2,597	2.30
Total votes		112,760	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		169,635	66.47

Provincial assemblies

South

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Future with Confidence	28,802	40.59	+2.21	20	+5
	Caledonia Together	13,122	18.49	–17.95	9	–8
	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front	11,269	15.88	–2.13	7	+1
	Oceanian Awakening	6,077	8.56	New	4	New
	National Rally	2,707	3.81	–0.16	0	0
	Citizens' Alliance	2,043	2.88	New	0	New
	Building Differently	1,852	2.61	New	0	New
	Common Caledonian Destiny	1,667	2.35	New	0	New
	Labour	1,335	1.88	New	0	New
	New Independence and Sovereign Movement	1,244	1.75	New	0	New
	New and Reunited Caledonia	841	1.19	New	0	New
Total		70,959	100.00	–	40	0
Valid votes		70,959	97.33
Invalid votes		592	0.81
Blank votes		1,356	1.86
Total votes		72,907	100.00

North

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	National Union for Independence	9,709	38.50	+0.57	10	+1
	UC–FLNKS	9,069	35.96	+0.60	9	0
	Future with Confidence	3,072	12.18	+2.82	3	+2
	Caledonia Together	1,975	7.83	–3.11	0	–3
	Labour Party	842	3.34	–3.06	0	0
	New Independence and Sovereign Movement	554	2.20	New	0	New
Total		25,221	100.00	–	22	0
Valid votes		25,221	97.93
Invalid votes		233	0.90
Blank votes		300	1.16
Total votes		25,754	100.00

Loyalty Islands

Party or alliance				Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Separatists		UC–FLNKS	5,186	37.09	–13.47	6	–2
			UNI–Palika	2,970	21.24	+6.18	4	+2
			Labour Party	2,005	14.34	–1.66	2	0
			Kanak Socialist Liberation	1,536	10.98	–0.51	2	0
			Unitary Kanaky Generation	800	5.72	New	0	New
			New Independence and Sovereign Movement	173	1.24	New	0	New
	Loyalists		Caledonia Together	851	6.09	New	0	New
			Future with Confidence	462	3.30	–3.59	0	0
Total				13,983	100.00	–	14	0
Valid votes				13,983	99.18
Invalid votes				58	0.41
Blank votes				58	0.41
Total votes				14,099	100.00