General elections were held in
Niue
Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...
on 7 May 2011, to elect the members of the
Niue Assembly
The Niue Assembly ( niu, Niue Fono Ekepule) is the legislature of Niue. It consists of 20 members; 14 representatives of the villages and 6 elected on a common roll. Members are directly elected by universal suffrage, and serve a three-year t ...
. In the leadup to the election
Speaker of the Niue Assembly Atapana Siakimotu announced that he would be retiring from politics.
Electoral system
Of the 20
Niue Assembly
The Niue Assembly ( niu, Niue Fono Ekepule) is the legislature of Niue. It consists of 20 members; 14 representatives of the villages and 6 elected on a common roll. Members are directly elected by universal suffrage, and serve a three-year t ...
members, six were elected on a common roll and fourteen in single-member constituencies. There were no political parties in Niue at the time of the election, and all candidates were
independents.
The election was managed and controlled by the Chief Electoral Officer, Justin Kamupala, who was also the Secretary of the Niue Department of Justice, Lands and Survey.
Results
There were four changes in membership: Three new members were elected on the common roll, with caretaker PM
Toke Talagi
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topping the vote. The only change in village seats was that
Tofua Puletama
Tofua Puletama is a Niuean politician and Member of the Niue Assembly.
Puletama is a long-serving member of the Assembly who was first elected at the 1999 Niuean general election. He was re-elected unopposed at the 2002 election. He lost his seat ...
was ousted from
Makefu
Makefu is one of the fourteen villages of Niue. Its population at the 2017 census was 70, up from 64 in 2011.
The village was established by villagers from Tuapa
Tuapa is one of the fourteen villages of Niue. Its population at the 2017 census was ...
by
Salilo Tongia in a close result.
Aftermath
As expected, Talagi was re-elected as PM with 12 of 20 votes.
See also
*
2012 Toi by-election
References
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Niue
Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...
General election
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Elections in Niue
May 2011 events in Oceania
Non-partisan elections