New Caledonia's 1st constituency
 constituency | |||
| Deputy |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Department | New Caledonia | ||
| Canton | Loyalty Islands, communes of Nouméa and Île des Pins | ||
| Voters | 116,984 | ||
The 1st constituency of New Caledonia is a French legislative constituency in New Caledonia.
Between 1958 and 1962, the constituency represented the entirety of the New Hebrides condominium and the constituency represented the entirety of New Caledonia until a redistricting in 1978 created the 2nd constituency. Between 1978 and a new redistricting in 1986, the first constituency represented the Kanak-populated eastern shore of the main island in addition to the Loyalty Islands. Since 1986, the constituency is composed of the Caldoche-populated loyalist stronghold of Nouméa and the strongly nationalist Kanak-populated Loyalty Islands. Due to this makeup in which loyalist-voting Nouméa far outnumbers the sparsely populated islands, the constituency is strongly loyalist.
Deputies
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Jacques Lafleur | RPCR | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | Gaël Yanno | RPCR | |
| 2012 | Sonia Lagarde | UDI Caledonia Together | |
Election results
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Gaël Yanno | 26,732 | 69.21 | ||
| FLNKS | Charles Washetine | 11,891 | 30.79 | ||
| Turnout | 38,623 | 57.73 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).