2011 Niuean General Election
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General elections were held in
Niue Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's largest coral islands, Niue is c ...
on 7 May 2011, to elect the members of the
Niue Assembly The Niue Assembly or Niue Parliament () is the legislature of Niue. It consists of 20 members; 14 representatives of the villages and 6 elected on a common island-wide roll. Members are directly elected by universal suffrage, and serve a three- ...
. In the leadup to the election Speaker of the Niue Assembly
Atapana Siakimotu Atapana Siakimotu ( – 2022) was a Niuean politician, diplomat, and public servant. He served as the List of Speakers of the Niue Assembly, speaker of the Niuean Assembly between 2002 and 2011. Biography Siakimotu was educated at Lincoln ...
announced that he would be retiring from politics.


Electoral system

Of the 20
Niue Assembly The Niue Assembly or Niue Parliament () is the legislature of Niue. It consists of 20 members; 14 representatives of the villages and 6 elected on a common island-wide roll. Members are directly elected by universal suffrage, and serve a three- ...
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 Sir Toke Tufukia Talagi ( ; 9 January 195115 July 2020) was a Niuean politician, diplomat, and statesman. He served as Premier of Niue from 2008 to 2020. In 1999, he was elected to the Niue Assembly as an Independent. He was elected premier ...
topping the vote. The only change in village seats was that Tofua Puletama was ousted from
Makefu Makefu is one of the fourteen villages of Niue. Its population at the 2022 census was 73, up from 64 in 2017. The village was established by villagers from Tuapa Tuapa is one of the fourteen villages A village is a human settlement or c ...
by Salilo Tongia in a close result.


Common roll


Constituency results


Aftermath

As expected, Talagi was re-elected as PM with 12 of 20 votes.


See also

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2012 Toi by-election A by-election was held in the village of Toi, in Niue, on 31 March 2012. A general election was held in Niue on 7 May 2011. The island of Niue is one of the smallest self-governing nations in the world; it has an approximate population of 1,400, ...


References

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