New Caledonia's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of New Caledonia

French National Assembly circonscription
Deputy		Pierre Frogier The Rally-UMP
Department	New Caledonia
Canton	North Province and a majority of South Province
Population (2004)	115,483

The 2nd constituency of New Caledonia is a French legislative constituency in New Caledonia.

The second constituency was created in a redistricting in 1978. Between 1978 and a new redistricting in 1986, the second constituency represented the ethnically diverse western shore of the main island, but its main population centre was Nouméa, a largely French-populated loyalist stronghold. Since 1986, the constituency is composed of the so-called brousse - that is, the rural parts of the main island which are mostly Kanak but also the more populous French-populated suburbs of Nouméa.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
	1978	Jacques Lafleur	RPR
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Maurice Nénou-Pwataho	RPR
	1996	Pierre Frogier	RPR
	2002		UMP

Election results

2007

Legislative Election 2007: New Caledonia 2nd - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Pierre Frogier	25,559	54.13
	FLNKS	Charles Pidjot	21,663	45.87
Turnout			47,222	62.18
	UMP hold		Swing

2002

Legislative Election 2002: New Caledonia 2nd - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Pierre Frogier	15,719	55.70
	FLNKS	Paul Neaoutyine	12,495	44.30
Turnout			22,729	42.17
	UMP hold		Swing

1997

Legislative Election 1997: New Caledonia 2nd - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPR	Pierre Frogier	15,398	60.99
	FLNKS	Philippe Pentecost	9,849	39.01
Turnout			25,247	48.58
	RPR hold		Swing

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in fr). http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/elections/resultats.