1977 New Caledonian legislative election

Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 11 September 1977.[1] Anti-autonomy parties won 19 of the 35 seats.[2]

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Campaign

A total of 495 candidates contested the elections, representing 19 parties.[3] For the first time, parties were allowed party political broadcasts on radio and television, with time allocated on the basis of seats held in the outgoing Assembly and local government.[3] The campaign was described by Pacific Islands Monthly as "exceptionally savage".[3]

Results

Women were elected to the Assembly for the first time,[3] with Marie-Paule Serve and Edwige Antier winning seats.[1] Of the 35 elected members, 22 were new to the Assembly.[3]

Anti-autonomy parties (Rally for Caledonia, the Caledonian Liberal Movement, the New Caledonian Union, the Union for Caledonian Renewal, the All Ethnicity Union and the Democratic Union) won 19 seats; pro-independence parties (the Caledonian Union, the Party of Kanak Liberation and the United Front of Kanak Liberation) won 12 seats, with the remaining four held by pro-autonomy parties (the Caledonian Socialist Party and the Melanesian Progressive Union).[2]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Rally for Caledonia12New
Caledonian Union9–3
Caledonian Socialist Party3New
Caledonian Liberal Movement2–3
New Caledonian Union2New
Party of Kanak Liberation2New
All Ethnicities' Agreement1New
Democratic Union1–3
Melanesian Progressive Union1New
Union for Caledonian Renewal1New
United Front of Kanak Liberation1New
Total350
Registered voters/turnout––
Source: Leblic

Elected members
Constituency Member Party Notes
East (7 seats)Stanley CamerlynckNew Caledonian Union
Yves de VillelongueRally for Caledonia
André GopeaMelanesian Progressive UnionRe-elected (previously UM)
Éloi MachoroCaledonian Union
Auguste Parawi-ReybasRally for Caledonia
Daniel PoigouneParty of Kanak Liberation
Jean-Marie TjibaouCaledonian Union
Islands (5 seats)Nidoïsh NaisselineParty of Kanak Liberation
Dick UkeiwéRally for CaledoniaRe-elected (previously UD in South)
Yann Céléné UregeïUnited Front of Kanak LiberationRe-elected (previously UM)
Édouard WapaéCaledonian Union
Yeiwéné YeiwénéCaledonian Union
South (16 seats)Edwige AntierUnion for the Renewal of New Caledonia
Alain BernutCaledonian Socialist PartyRe-elected (previously MPC)
Victorin BoewaRally for Caledonia
Jacques BouttinRally for Caledonia
Pierre DeclercqCaledonian Union
Pierre FrogierRally for Caledonia
Max FrouinCaledonian Liberal MovementRe-elected
Claude FournierCaledonian Socialist PartyRe-elected (previously MPC)
Roger LaroqueRally for CaledoniaRe-elected (previously EDS)
Jean LèquesCaledonian Liberal MovementRe-elected
Petelo ManuofiuaRally for Caledonia
Jacques MourenRally for Caledonia
Raymond MuraAll Ethnicities' Agreement
Rock PidjotCaledonian UnionRe-elected
Marie-Paule ServeRally for Caledonia
Jacques VioletteCaledonian Socialist Party
West (7 seats)Jean-Pierre AïfaNew Caledonian UnionRe-elected (previously in UC)
François BurckCaledonian Union
Jean DelouvrierRally for Caledonia
Maurice LenormandCaledonian UnionRe-elected (previously in South)
Gaston MorletDemocratic Union
Gabriel PaïtaCaledonian UnionRe-elected
Joseph TidjineRally for CaledoniaRe-elected (previously UD)
Source: Congress

References
  1. La composition Congress of New Caledonia
  2. Isabelle Leblic (2018) Chronologie de Kanaky Nouvelle-Calédonie (1774-2018). Version revue et augmentée en 2018 Journal de la Société des Océanistes
  3. New Caledonia's poll:Independence the issue Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1977, p37
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