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

e•d 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