| 3rd constituency ofFrench Polynesia | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Location in French Polynesia | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | French Polynesia (overseas collectivity) |
| Cantons | Windward Islands:communes ofFaaa andPunaauia Leeward Islands |
French Polynesia's third constituency is a French legislativeconstituency inFrench Polynesia. It is represented byMereana Reid Arbelot ofTavini Huiraatira.
It was created in the2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, which came into application for theJune 2012 legislative election. It consists of thecommunes ofFaaa andPunaauia inTahiti, and all communes in theLeeward Islands (Bora-Bora,Huahine,Maupiti,Tahaa,Taputapuatea,Tumaraa,Uturoa).[1]
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 ofOscar 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 thelegislative election, Moetai Brotherson was electedPresident 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 | ||
2024 Legislative Election: French Polynesia's 3rd constituency
| Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Mereana Reid Arbelot | FLP | NFP | 12,483 | 42.71 | 17,308 | 50.87 | |
| Pascale Haiti | DVD | 12,006 | 41.08 | 16,716 | 49.13 | ||
| Naumi Mihuraa | DVD | 3,230 | 11.05 | ||||
| Jean-Yves Morel | ECO | 1,507 | 5.16 | ||||
| Valid votes | 29,226 | 100.00 | 34,024 | 100.00 | |||
| Blank votes | 349 | 1.17 | 382 | 1.10 | |||
| Null votes | 226 | 0.76 | 250 | 0.72 | |||
| Turnout | 29,801 | 43.17 | 34,656 | 50.20 | |||
| Abstentions | 39,227 | 56.83 | 34,382 | 49.80 | |||
| Registered voters | 69,028 | 69,038 | |||||
| Source:[1][2] | |||||||
| Result | FLP HOLD | ||||||
| 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 Huiraatirahold | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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% | |||||||