Congress of New Caledonia

The Congress of New Caledonia (French: Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), a "territorial congress" (congrès territorial or congrès du territoire), is the legislature of New Caledonia. It has 54 members, selected proportionally based on the partisan makeup of all three provincial assemblies, all elected for a five-year term by proportional representation, with a 5% threshold.

Results of parliamentary elections

 Summary of the 10 May 2009 Territorial Congress of New Caledonia election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	The Rally–UMP (Le Rassemblement–UMP)	19,888	20.60%	13
	Caledonia Together (Calédonie Ensemble)	16,253	16.83%	10
	Future Together–The Movement for Diversity (Avenir Ensemble–Le Mouvement de la diversité) Future Together The Movement for Diversity	11,308	11.71%	6 5 1
	Rally for Caledonia (Rassemblement pour la Calédonie)	4,304	4.46%	2
	National Front (Front National)	2,591	2.68%	0
	Other anti-independence lists	1,125	1.17%	0
Total Anti-independence		55,469	57.45%	31
	Caledonian Union (Union Calédonienne)	11,247	11.65%	8
	National Union for Independence–Kanak Social National Liberation Front (Union Nationale pour l'Indépendance–Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste) Party of Kanak Liberation Renewed Caledonian Union	10,162	10.52%	8 7 1
	Labour Party (Parti Travailliste)	7,692	7.97%	3
	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front unitary (Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste) Party of Kanak Liberation Caledonian Union Oceanian Democratic Rally	5,342	5.53%	3 1 1 1
	Socialist Kanak Liberation (Libération kanak socialiste)	1,852	1.92%	1
	Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees (Fédération des Comités de la Coopération pour l'Indépendance)	605	0.63%	0
Total Pro-independence		36,900	38.22%	23
	Civic Overture (Ouverture Citoyenne)	2,974	3.08%	0
	Generation Common Destiny (Génération Destin Commun)	1,215	1.26%	0
Valid votes		96,558	98.00%	54
Invalid votes		1,962	2.00%	—
Total votes (turnout 72.48%)		98,520	—	—
Source: lematin.ch

Current composition (2012)

Party		Seats held
	The Rally-UMP*	13
	Caledonia Together*	11
	Future Together*	2
	Movement for Diversity*	2
	Union for a Caledonian Destiny*	1
	Independent (ex-Rally for Caledonia)*	1
	Democratic Movement*	1
	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front-Caledonian Union	11
	National Union for Independence	6
	Labour Party	4
	Socialist Kanak Liberation	1
	Renewed Caledonian Union	1
	Total	54

See also

• List of Presidents of the Congress of New Caledonia

External links

• Official website (French)