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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 .
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.
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.. 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.
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Under article 4 of the Organic Law 99-209 a New Caledonian citizenship has also been introduced: only New Caledonian citizens (defined by article 188) have the right to vote in the local elections. This measure has been criticized, because it creates a second-class status for French citizens living in New Caledonia who do not possess New ...
New Caledonia, one of five island territories spanning the Indo-Pacific held by France, is central to Macron's plan to increase French influence in the Pacific.
The elections were originally scheduled for March 1952. [2] Following amendments to the territory's electoral law approved in the first reading by the French Parliament in late 1951, the number of members of the General Council was increased to 25, 16 of which were to be elected by Europeans and nine by Kanaks . [ 3 ]
The proposed changes would allow French residents who have lived in New Caledonia for 10 years to vote in provincial elections - a move local leaders fear will dilute the vote of indigenous Kanak.