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New Caledonia elects a legislature. The Territorial Congress ( Congrès Territorial ) has 54 members, being the members of the three regional councils, all elected for a five-year term by proportional representation .
0–9. 1934 New Caledonian legislative election; 1945 New Caledonian legislative election; 1946–47 New Caledonian legislative election; 1953 New Caledonian legislative election
Mathias Chauchat (2019) "New Caledonia Remains French for Now: The Referendum of 4 November 2018." The Journal of Pacific History, 54:2, 253-267. Carine David, Victor David. 2020. "New Caledonia." in Gems of the Pacific. Fisher, Denise. 2019. New Caledonia’s independence referendum: Local and regional implications. Lowy Institute. David ...
Prior to the elections the 25-seat General Council was replaced by a 30-seat Territorial Assembly.The new body was elected by open list proportional representation. [2]The elections were held under universal suffrage, with around 33,600 registered voters, [1] of which 18,964 were Kanaks and 13,406 Europeans.
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]
By a vote of 325 to 249, the French Parliament passed a law on 15 April 1984 on holding an independence referendum in New Caledonia. [1] Independence movements including the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front boycotted the referendum in protest at the franchise requirements, which made the indigenous population a minority.
New Caledonia's main tertiary education institution is the University of New Caledonia (Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), which was founded in 1993 and comes under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. It is based in Nouméa and offers a range of vocational, Bachelor, MA, and PhD programs and courses.
A 10% electoral threshold was introduced for the elections, which was reported by Pacific Islands Monthly to mainly affect the prospects of indigenous and pro-independence parties. [2] As a result, the pro-independence Caledonian Union , Caledonian Socialist Party , Melanesian Progressive Union , Party of Kanak Liberation and United Front of ...