New Caledonia's 2nd constituency

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

2nd constituency of New Caledonia

French National Assembly constituency
Deputy	Philippe Gomès UDI
Department	New Caledonia
Cantons	North Province and a majority of South Province
Registered voters	128,596

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
	1988	Maurice Nénou	RPCR
	1993
	1997	Pierre Frogier	RPCR
	2002
	2007
	2012	Philippe Gomès	UDI Caledonia Together
	2017

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Louis Mapou	REG	11,262	30.08	23,413	45.05
	Philippe Gomès	UDI	8,963	23.94	28,557	54.95
	Harold Martin	DVD	5,752	15.36
	Bianca Hénin	FN	4,378	11.69
	Gil Brial	DVD	3,746	10.00
	Pascal Vittori	DVD	2,556	6.83
	Henry Bodeouarou	REG	366	0.98
	Oscar Diaz	DIV	265	0.71
	Manuel Millar	DIV	155	0.41
Votes			37,443	100.00	51,970	100.00
Valid votes			37,443	96.28	51,970	94.69
Blank votes			1,012	2.60	1,950	3.55
Null votes			433	1.11	962	1.75
Turnout			38,888	37.17	54,882	52.45
Abstentions			65,748	62.83	49,752	47.55
Registered voters			104,636		104,634
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in Nouvelle-Caledonie's 2nd constituency

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean-Pierre Djaiwe	REG	15,890	36.20%	25,644	47.45%
	Philippe Gomes	UDI	14,470	32.96%	28,398	52.55%
	Eric Gay	UMP	8,814	20.08%
	Bianca Henin	FN	2,534	5.77%
	Cédrik Sangarne	DVD	2,193	5.00%
Valid votes			43,901	97.75%	54,042	96.95%
Spoilt and null votes			1,009	2.25%	1,698	3.05%
Votes cast / turnout			44,910	50.28%	55,740	62.41%
Abstentions			44,413	49.72%	33,571	37.59%
Registered voters			89,323	100.00%	89,311	100.00%

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 French).

• Official results of French elections from 2017: "Résultats des élections législatives 2017 Nouvelle-Calédonie (988) - 2ème circonscription" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-12-18.