Legislative elections were held in

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on 6 May 2001 for the Territorial Assembly. The result was a victory for Tahoera'a Huiraatira, which won 28 of 49 seats. The pro independence

Tāvini Huiraʻatira Tāvini Huiraʻatira (), also known as Tāvini huiraʻatira nō te ao māʻohi – FLP (), is a pro-independence political party in French Polynesia. Founded in 1977 as the ''Front de libération de la Polynésie'' (FLP), the party has been led s ...

won 13 seats, and

Fetia Api The Fetia Api or Nouvelle Étoile ( en, New Star) was a centre-right political party in French Polynesia from 1996 to 2016, advocating for the autonomy of French Polynesia. The party was led by Boris Léontieff, former mayor of Arue since 1989, a ...

7. A single independent, Chantal Flores (associated with the

Tapura Amui no Tuhaa Pae The Tapura Amui No Tuhaa Pae, ( en, Austral Archipelago Union List) (also known as Tapura Amui No Te Faatereraa Manahune) was a political party in French Polynesia. They had a left political leaning, and advocated for French Polynesian independen ...

party), was elected in the

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. The

Aia Api The Aia Api ( en, New Land) is a political party in French Polynesia. At the last legislative elections on May 23, 2004, and by-elections on February 13, 2005, the party was part of the Union for the Democracy (''Union pour la Démocratie''), that ...

party failed to reach the 5% threshold and was eliminated from the Assembly. Following the election

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was re-elected as

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