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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 .
The Rally (New Caledonia) Le Rassemblement: Rassemblement-LR Conservative, anti-independence Caledonia Together Caledonie Ensemble: CE Liberal, anti-independence Caledonian Republicans Les Républicains calédoniens: LRC Liberal, anti-independence Caledonian People's Movement Mouvement Populaire Calédonien: MPC Conservative, anti-independence ...
1953 New Caledonian legislative election; 1957 New Caledonian legislative election; 1958 New Caledonian legislative election; 1962 New Caledonian legislative election; 1967 New Caledonian legislative election; 1972 New Caledonian legislative election; 1977 New Caledonian legislative election; 1979 New Caledonian legislative election
A by-election was held on 12 September 1954 after Maurice Bichon gave up his seat in the South constituency following his appointment as Paymaster General of Conakry. [6] The election was won by the Lenormand group candidate Armand Ohlen, who defeated Roger Rolland of the Bonneaud group by 1,568 votes to 1,286. [6] [7]
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.
On the other hand, New Caledonia remains an integral part of the French Republic. Inhabitants of New Caledonia are French citizens and carry French passports. They take part in the legislative and presidential French elections. New Caledonia sends two representatives to the French National Assembly and two senators to the French Senate.
Although women had recently been enfranchised in France, the lack of time to prepare a new voter roll meant that female suffrage was not introduced for the 1945 elections in New Caledonia. Despite not being able to vote, women were allowed to run as candidates, and two were nominated by the Social Progress bloc. [1]
Since 1986, the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. [7] The 1987 New Caledonia independence referendum, the first independence referendum, was held the following year on 13 September 1987. However, independence was rejected by a large majority, with ...