Legislative elections were held in

French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...

on 3 November 1957 for the Territorial Assembly.La chronologie
Assembly of French Polynesia The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People (RDPT) led by

Pouvanaa a Oopa Pouvana'a a O'opa (May 10, 1895 – January 10, 1977) was a Tahitian politician and advocate for French Polynesian independence. He is viewed as the ''metua'' (father) of French Polynesia's independence movement. Pouvanaa served as a Deputy i ...

,Leftist Party Takes Over in French Polynesia
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1958, p21 which won 17 of the 30 seats.

Results

Elected members

Aftermath

Following the elections, Jean-Baptiste Céran-Jérusalémy was elected President of the Assembly on 10 December. A new government was formed later in the month, including Walter Grand who had lost heavily in the Windward Islands constituency running on the France Tahiti list. However, following protests about an income tax law, the government was sacked by Governor Camille Victor Bailly in April 1958. Bailly subsequently appointed a new government led by Alfred Poroi. Following the death of Tautu Oopa in 1961, his wife

Céline Céline, sometimes spelled Celine, is a French female first name version of Latin origin, coming from ''Caelīna'', the feminine form of the Roman cognomen ''Caelīnus'', meaning "heavenly".Les élus de l’assemblée territoriale
Assembly of French Polynesia

References

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Elections in French Polynesia 1950s in French Polynesia 1957 in the French Union