Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Wallis and Futuna is a French legislative constituency covering the whole of the overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is represented in the XVth legislature by Sylvain Brial an independent left-wing politician who defeated Napole Polutele in a 2018 by-election.

1st constituency of Wallis and Futuna
French National Assembly
constituency
Deputy
 Sylvain Brial
DVG
DepartmentWallis and Futuna
CantonsAlo, Sigave, Uvea

Deputies
ElectionMemberParty
1958 Hervé Loste CNIP
1962 RI
1967 Benjamin Brial UDR
1978 RPR
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency, but there is only one constituency in Wallis and Futuna. The one representative was Benjamin Brial of RPR
1988 Benjamin Brial RPR
1993 Kamilo Gata PS
1997 Victor Brial UMP
2002 UMP
2007 Albert Likuvalu PS
2012 David Vergé Miscellaneous right
2013 by-election Napole Polutele Miscellaneous right
2013 (crossed the floor) Miscellaneous left
2017 Miscellaneous left
2018 by-election Sylvain Brial Miscellaneous left

Election results

2018 by-election
Main article: 2018 Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency by-election

Napole Polutele's 2017 election was invalidated and a by-election held in 2018. Only the first round of the election was required.

Candidate Party First round
Votes % +/–
Sylvain Brial DVG 3,656 51.61 +5.42
Napole Polutele UDI–REM 3,428 48.39 –1.85
Votes 7,084 100.00 –
Valid votes 7,084 99.45 +0.22
Blank votes 20 0.28 –0.17
Null votes 19 0.27 –0.05
Turnout 7,123 83.02 +1.75
Abstentions 1,457 16.98 –1.75
Registered voters 8,580
Source: Préfecture de Wallis et Futuna[1]

2017
Legislative election 2017: Wallis and Futuna 1st – 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVG Napole Polutele 3,436 50.24 +12.84
DVG Sylvain Brial 3,159 37.25 n/a
LR Hervé Michel Delord 244 2.88 n/a
Turnout 6,839 80.65 +4.95

Napole Polutele obtained sufficient votes to be elected in the first round. Note, this election was later invalidated, leading to the 2018 by-election

2013 by-election

David Vergé's 2012 election was annulled due to financial irregularities, causing a by-election on 17 and 24 March 2013.[2] Two candidates stood for the left, including Laurianne Vergé for the Socialists. She was the first woman ever to stand as a candidate for Parliament to represent the constituency – and was the wife of David Vergé, who had represented the other side of the political spectrum.[3] Seeking to retain the seat for the right, Napole Polutele stood as an independent endorsed by the Union for a Popular Movement.[3]

All three candidates received good enough results to advance to the second round, where Polutele received almost exactly the same result as in the first and was elected.[4] Two months later, having been elected to sit on the opposition benches (albeit officially as an independent), he joined the ranks of the Socialist-led majority. He explained frankly that being a member of the majority would make it easier for him to lobby the government for funds and services for his constituents – who, he said, cared little for the left-right divide prevalent in metropolitan France. He subsequently sat as an independent on the benches of the left.[5]

2013 by-election: Wallis and Futuna 1st – 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVD Napole Polutele 2,695 37.5 −4.11
DVG Mikaele Kulimoetoke 2,318 32.3 −8.74
PS Laurianne Vergé 2,171 30.2 +12.4
Turnout 7,243 79.7 −3.11
DVD hold Swing −4.11
2013 by-election: Wallis and Futuna 1st – 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVD Napole Polutele 2,543 37.4 +8.6
DVG Mikaele Kulimoetoke 2,253 33.1 +13.7
PS Laurianne Vergé 2,006 29.5 +16.33
Turnout 6,865 75.7 −2.38

2012
Legislative election 2012: Wallis and Futuna 1st – 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVD David Vergé 3,068 41.61 n/a
DVG Mikaele Kulimoetoke 3,026 41.04 n/a
PRG Albert Likuvalu 1,280 17.36 −34.43
Turnout 7,440 82.81 +18.57
DVD gain from PS Swing −10.18
Legislative election 2012: Wallis and Futuna 1st – 1st round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVD David Vergé 1,997 28.8
DVG Mikaele Kulimoetoke 1,345 19.4
PRG Albert Likuvalu 1,179 17
PS Epifano Tui 913 13.17
MoDem Antonio Ilalio 858 12.37
PS Simione Vanai[6] 642 9.26
Turnout 7,012 78.08

2007
Legislative election 2007: Wallis and Futuna 1st – 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Albert Likuvalu 4,152 51.79
UMP Victor Brial 3,865 48.21
Turnout 41,605 64.24
PS gain from UMP Swing

Sources and notes
  1. Republic Française. "TERRITOIRE DES ILES WALLIS ET FUTUNA ELECTIONS LEGISLATIVES 2018" [Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands 2018 legislative election] (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "A l'Assemblée nationale, la majorité absolue des socialistes fragilisée", Le Monde, 10 June 2013.
  3. "Napole Polutélé nouveau député de Wallis et Futuna", Outre-Mer 1ère, 25 March 2013.
  4. By-elections to the National Assembly in 2013, French Ministry of the Interior.
  5. "Le député de Wallis Napole Polutélé rejoint le Parti Socialiste", Outre-Mer 1ère, 29 May 2013.
  6. This is not an error. The records indicate two Socialist candidates.
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