Haʻapai 12 is an

electoral constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provid ...

for the Legislative Assembly in the

Kingdom of Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. according ...

. It was established for the November 2010 general election, when the multi-seat regional constituencies for People's Representatives were replaced by single-seat constituencies, electing one representative via the

first past the post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

electoral system. Located in the

Haʻapai Haʻapai is a group of islands, islets, reefs, and shoals in the central part of Tonga. It has a combined land area of . The Tongatapu island group lies to its south, and the Vavaʻu group lies to its north. Seventeen of the Haʻapai islands are ...

island group, it encompasses the villages of Pangai, Hihifo, Ha‘ato‘u, Navea, Holopeka, Koulo, ‘Uiha, Felemea, and Lofanga. It is one of two constituencies in Haʻapai, the other being

Haʻapai 13 Haʻapai 13 is an electoral constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, Legislative Assembly in the Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga. It was established for the 2010 Tongan general election, November 2010 general election, when the multi-seat regi ...

. (The number does not mean that it is the twelfth in Haʻapai, but in the country.)Tongan Electoral Commission
/ref> Its first ever representative was Moʻale Finau, a first time MP, of the

Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands The Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands () is a political party in Tonga. The party's leader at its foundation was 'Akilisi Pohiva. The party was launched in September 2010, and included several sitting People's Representatives who were p ...

. He lost the seat in 2014 to Viliami Hingano, regained it in 2017, then lost it again to Hingano in 2021. Finau regained the seat at the 2022 Ha’apai 12 by-election following Hingano's death.

Members of Parliament

Election results

2010

References

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Members of Parliament

Election results

2010

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