Constituency of Wallis and Futuna
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Deputy
Mikaele Seo
RE
DepartmentWallis and Futuna
CantonsAlo, Sigave, Uvea

The constituency of Wallis and Futuna is a French legislative constituency covering the whole of the overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is represented in the XVIth legislature by Mikaele Seo of Renaissance who defeated fellow centrist Etuato Mulikihaamea in the 2022 election.

Deputies

ElectionMemberParty
1988 Benjamin Brial RPR
1993 Kamilo Gata PRG
1997 Victor Brial RPR
2002 UMP
2007 Albert Likuvalu PRG
2012 David Vergé DVD
2013 Napole Polutele DVG
2017
2018 Sylvain Brial DVD
2022 Mikaele Seo RE

Election results

2022

Legislative election 2022: Wallis and Futuna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM (Ensemble) Mikaele Seo 1,622 21.80 N/A
DVC Etuato Mulikihaamea 1,396 18.76 N/A
Horizons Soane Paulo Mailagi 1,170 15.73 N/A
DVG Tamaseno Tukumuli 1,061 14.26 N/A
ECO Malia Nive Kulikovi 922 12.39 N/A
DVC Sandrine Aimée Ugatai 766 10.30 N/A
DVC Lauriane Vergé 503 6.76 N/A
Turnout 7,440 78.22 -3.05
2nd round result
LREM (Ensemble) Mikaele Seo 3,717 50.11 N/A
DVC Etuato Mulikihaamea 3,701 49.89 n/a
Turnout 7,418 78.46 -2.81
LREM gain from DVD

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2018 by-election

Napole Polutele's 2017 election was invalidated and a by-election held in 2018. Only the first round of the election was required.

Candidate Party First round
Votes % +/–
Sylvain Brial DVD 3,656 51.61 +5.42
Napole Polutele DVG 3,428 48.39 –1.85
Votes 7,084 100.00 –
Valid votes 7,084 99.45 +0.22
Blank votes 20 0.28 –0.17
Null votes 19 0.27 –0.05
Turnout 7,123 83.02 +1.75
Abstentions 1,457 16.98 –1.75
Registered voters 8,580
Source: Préfecture de Wallis et Futuna[2]

2017

Legislative election 2017: Wallis and Futuna — 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVG Napole Polutele 3,436 50.24 +12.84
DVD Sylvain Brial 3,159 46.19 n/a
LR Hervé Michel Delord 244 3.57 n/a
Turnout 6,839 80.65 +4.95
DVG hold Swing +1,1

Napole Polutele obtained sufficient votes to be elected in the first round. Note, this election was later invalidated, leading to the 2018 by-election

2013 by-election

David Vergé's 2012 election was annulled due to financial irregularities, causing a by-election on 17 and 24 March 2013.[3] 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.[4] Seeking to retain the seat for the right, Napole Polutele stood as an independent endorsed by the Union for a Popular Movement.[4]

All three candidates received good enough results to advance to the second round, where Polutele received almost exactly the same result as in the first and was elected.[5] 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.[6]

2013 by-election: Wallis and Futuna — 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVG Napole Polutele 2,543 37.4 +8.6
DVG Mikaele Kulimoetoke 2,253 33.1 +13.7
DVD Laurianne Vergé 2,006 29.5 +16.33
Turnout 6,865 75.7 −2.38
2nd round result
DVG Napole Polutele 2,695 37.5 −4.11
DVG Mikaele Kulimoetoke 2,318 32.3 −8.74
DVD Laurianne Vergé 2,171 30.2 +12.4
Turnout 7,243 79.7 −3.11
DVG gain from DVD Swing −4.11

2012

Legislative election 2012: Wallis and Futuna — 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVD David Vergé 1,997 28.80
DVG Mikaele Kulimoetoke 1,345 19.40
PRG Albert Likuvalu 1,179 17.00
PS Epifano Tui 913 13.17
MoDem Antonio Ilalio 858 12.37
PS Simione Vanai 642 9.26
Turnout 7,012 78.08
2nd round result
DVD David Vergé 3,068 41.61 n/a
DVG Mikaele Kulimoetoke 3,026 41.04 n/a
PRG Albert Likuvalu 1,280 17.36 −34.43
Turnout 7,440 82.81 +18.57
DVD gain from PRG Swing −10.18

2007

Legislative election 2007: Wallis and Futuna — 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Victor Brial 2,625 33.72
PRG Albert Likuvalu 2,424 31.14
DVD Erménégilde Simète 1,101 14.14
MoDem Atonio Ilalio 950 12.50
LC Pesamino Taputai 661 8.49
Turnout 7,849 70.33
2nd round result
PRG Albert Likuvalu 4,152 51.79
UMP Victor Brial 3,865 48.21
Turnout 8,089 72.50
PRG gain from UMP Swing

Sources and notes

  1. ↑ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022" (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  2. ↑ Republic Française. "TERRITOIRE DES ILES WALLIS ET FUTUNA ELECTIONS LEGISLATIVES 2018" [Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands 2018 legislative election] (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "A l'Assemblée nationale, la majorité absolue des socialistes fragilisée", Le Monde, 10 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Napole Polutélé nouveau député de Wallis et Futuna", Outre-Mer 1ère, 25 March 2013.
  5. ↑ By-elections to the National Assembly in 2013, French Ministry of the Interior.
  6. ↑ "Le député de Wallis Napole Polutélé rejoint le Parti Socialiste", Outre-Mer 1ère, 29 May 2013.
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