Congress of New Caledonia

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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, being the members of the four regional councils, all elected for a five year term by proportional representation.

[edit] Results of parliamentary elections

ed Summary of the 9 May 2004 Territorial Congress election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Rally for Caledonia in the Republic (Rassemblement pour une Calédonie dans la République) 21,880 24.43% 16
Future Together (Avenir ensemble) 20,328 22.69% 16
National Front (Front national) 6,684 7.46% 4
Other anti-independence lists 1,831 2.04% 0
Total Anti-independence 50,723 56.63% 36
National Union for Independence-Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (Union nationale pour l'indépendance - Front de libération nationale kanak et socialiste) 14,651 16.36% 8
Caledonian Union (Union calédonienne) 10,623 11.86% 7
Other independence lists 4,631 5.17% 0
Union of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees (Union des comités de la Coopération pour l'Indépendance) 2,864 3.20% 1
Socialist Kanak Liberation (Libération kanak socialiste) 2,575 2.87% 1
Renewed Caledonian Union (Union calédonienne renouveau) 1,587 1.77% 1
Total independence 36,931 41,24% 18
Caledonia my country (Calédonie mon pays) 1,908 2.13% 0
Total (turnout 76.44%)     54

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