French Polynesia's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of French Polynesia
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Location in French Polynesia
Deputy	Mereana Reid Arbelot Tavini Huiraatira
Department	French Polynesia (overseas collectivity)
Cantons	Windward Islands: communes of Faaa and Punaauia Leeward Islands
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French Polynesia's third constituency is a French legislative constituency in French Polynesia. It is represented by Mereana Reid Arbelot of Tavini Huiraatira.

It was created in the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, which came into application for the June 2012 legislative election. It consists of the communes of Faaa and Punaauia in Tahiti, and all communes in the Leeward Islands (Bora-Bora, Huahine, Maupiti, Tahaa, Taputapuatea, Tumaraa, Uturoa).^[1]

Deputies

When the constituency was first contested during the 2012 elections, Jean-Paul Tuaiva, a business executive, was elected. He was supported by Tapura huiraatira, a right-of-centre and anti-independence party. He prevailed in the second round during a close contest, opposing him to Tauhiti Nena, a Cabinet Minister in the Temaru government.

In 2017, Tuaiva was embroiled in a misappropriation of public funds case and did not run for reelection. The election was a three-way race between Patrick Howell, supported by Tuaiva and a minister in the Fritch administration, Moetai Brotherson, a left-wing independentist and the step-son of Oscar Temaru, and Vincent Dubois, a former senator and a right-wing autonomist. The latter was eliminated in the first round and Brotherson prevailed in the second round in a somewhat less close race than that of 2012.

In 2022, Brotherson was reelected with a comfortable margin against his main opponent from Tapura, Tuterai Tumahai, a doctor. In 2023, following the victory of Tavini Huiraatira, Brotherson's party, during the legislative election, Moetai Brotherson was elected President of French Polynesia. Therefore, he resigned as deputy and was replaced by his substitute, Mereana Reid Arbelot.

Election		Member	Party
	2012	Jean-Paul Tuaiva	Tapura
	2017	Moetai Brotherson	Tavini
	2022
	2023	Mereana Reid Arbelot

Election Results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: French Polynesia's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tavini Huiraatira (NUPÉS)	Moetai Brotherson	9,761	34.26	+4.15
	Tapura Huiraatira (Ensemble)	Tuterai Tumehai	9,128	32.04	-1.36
	A here	Nuihau Laurey	4,140	14.53	N/A
	Amuitahira'a o te Nuna'a Maohi (UDC)	Sylviane Terooatea	3,987	13.99	−13.58
	DVE	Jules Hauata	586	2.06	N/A
	Others	N/A	889	3.13
Turnout			28,491	43.33	−0.22
2nd round result
	Tavini Huiraatira (NUPÉS)	Moetai Brotherson	21,937	61.32	+8.82
	Tapura Huiraatira (Ensemble)	Tuterai Tumehai	13,837	38.68	−8.82
Turnout			35,774	54.62	+3.87
	Tavini Huiraatira hold

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patrick Howell	Tapura	9,195	33.40	15,020	47.50
	Moetai Brotherson	Tavini	8,291	30.11	16,603	52.50
	Vincent Dubois	Tahoera'a	7,592	27.57
	Albert Roi	DVG	1,008	3.66
	Astride Mara	FI	513	1.86
	Teiva Lanteires	FN	333	1.21
	Corinne Atger	DIV	308	1.12
	Dominique Tixier	DIV	293	1.06
Votes			27,533	100.00	31,623	100.00
Valid votes			27,533	97.54	31,623	96.71
Blank votes			430	1.52	616	1.88
Null votes			264	0.94	459	1.40
Turnout			28,227	43.55	32,698	50.75
Abstentions			36,587	56.45	31,727	49.25
Registered voters			64,814		64,425
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

2012 legislative election in Polynesie-Francaise's 3rd constituency

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Tauhiti Nena	DVG	8,545	30.52%	15,699	49.76%
	Jean-Paul Tuaiva	DVD	6,692	23.90%	15,851	50.24%
	Gaston Tong Sang	UMP	4,604	16.45%
	Teva Rohfritsch	PR	2,793	9.98%
	Jean-Christophe Bouissou	DVD	1,762	6.29%
	John Tefan	DVD	878	3.14%
	Nicolas Bertholon	DVD	637	2.28%
	Taimana Ellacott	??	595	2.13%
	Gaston Tetuanui	??	379	1.35%
	Angèle Teriitau	EELV	346	1.24%
	Eric Minardi	FN	327	1.17%
	Monil Tetuanui	DVG	206	0.74%
	Daniel Tuahu	DVD	113	0.40%
	René Hoffer	??	108	0.39%
	Teriiorai Oopa	DVD	10	0.04%
Valid votes			27,995	98.23%	31,550	96.35%
Spoilt and null votes			503	1.77%	1,195	3.65%
Votes cast / turnout			28,498	47.34%	32,745	54.90%
Abstentions			31,696	52.66%	26,900	45.10%
Registered voters			60,194	100.00%	59,645	100.00%

References

1. "Tableau des circonscriptions électorales de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des collectivités d'outre-mer régies par l'article 74 de la Constitution" [Table of electoral constituencies of New Caledonia and of the overseas collectivities governed by article 74 of the Constitution] (in French). Légifrance.
2. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Polynésie française". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-01.