Politics of New Caledonia - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in New Caledonia. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in New Caledonia.
e • d Summary of the 9 May 2004 Congress of New Caledonia election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Anti-independence Parties
The Rally-UMP (Le Rassemblement-UMP) 21,880 24.43% 16
Future Together (Avenir ensemble) 20,328 22.69% 16
National Front (Front national) 6,684 7.46% 4
Other anti-independence lists 2,971 3.32% 0
Total 51,863 57.91% 36
Nationalist Parties
National Union for Independence-Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (Union nationale pour l'indépendance - Front de libération nationale kanak et socialiste) 14,651 16.36% 8
Caledonian Union (Union calédonienne) 10,623 11.86% 7
Other pro-independence lists 3,491 3.90% 0
Union of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees (Union des comités de la Coopération pour l'Indépendance) 2,864 3.20% 1
Socialist Kanak Liberation (Libération kanak socialiste) 2,575 2.87% 1
Renewed Caledonian Union (Union calédonienne renouveau) 1,587 1.77% 1
'Total 35,791 39.96% 18
Other
Caledonia my country (Calédonie mon pays) 1,908 2.13% 0
Total (turnout 76.44%) 54

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