Taulelehemaama Salilo Tongia is a

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 ...

an politician. Tongia was first elected to 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 2011 election, ousting

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 ...

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 ...

in a close result. The result was unsuccessfully challenged in an election petition.

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