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).
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.
ElectionMemberParty 2012 Jean-Paul Tuaiva Tapura 2017 Moetai Brotherson Tavini2022 2023 Mereana Reid Arbelot
Election results 2024 2024 Legislative Election: French Polynesia's 3rd constituency CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Mereana Reid ArbelotFLPNFP12,48342.7117,30850.87Pascale HaitiDVD12,00641.0816,71649.13Naumi MihuraaDVD3,23011.05Jean-Yves MorelECO1,5075.16Valid votes29,226100.0034,024100.00Blank votes3491.173821.10Null votes2260.762500.72Turnout29,80143.1734,65650.20Abstentions39,22756.8334,38249.80Registered voters69,02869,038Source: ResultFLP HOLD
2022
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2017
CandidateLabelFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Patrick HowellTapura33.4047.50Moetai BrothersonTavini30.1152.50Vincent DuboisTahoera'a27.57Albert RoiDVG3.66Astride MaraFI1.86Teiva LanteiresFN1.21Corinne AtgerDIV1.12Dominique TixierDIV1.06Votes100.00100.00Valid votes97.5496.71Blank votes1.521.88Null votes0.941.40Turnout43.5550.75Abstentions56.4549.25Registered votersSource: Ministry of the Interior
2012 + 2012 legislative election in Polynesie-Francaise's 3rd constituencyCandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Tauhiti NenaDVG30.52%49.76%Jean-Paul TuaivaDVD23.90%50.24%Gaston Tong SangUMP16.45%Teva RohfritschPR9.98%Jean-Christophe BouissouDVD6.29%John TefanDVD3.14%Nicolas BertholonDVD2.28%Taimana Ellacott??2.13%Gaston Tetuanui??1.35%Angèle TeriitauEELV1.24%Eric MinardiFN1.17%Monil TetuanuiDVG0.74%Daniel TuahuDVD0.40%René Hoffer??0.39%Teriiorai OopaDVD0.04%Valid votes98.23%96.35%Spoilt and null votes1.77%3.65%Votes cast / turnout47.34%54.90%Abstentions52.66%45.10%Registered voters100.00%100.00%
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