Tongatapu 10 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 on the country's main island,

Tongatapu Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukuʻalofa, Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016), 70.5% o ...

, it encompasses the villages of Lapaha, Talasiu, Hoi, Nukuleka, Makaunga, Talafo‘ou, Navutoka, Manuka, Kolonga, Afa, Niutoua, and ‘Eueiki. Its first ever representative was

Semisi Tapueluelu Semisi Palu ‘Ifoni Tapueluelu (born October 28, 1949) more commonly known as Semisi Tapueluelu, is a Tongan politician. He is the father of Mateni Tapueluelu. After working as a prisons superintendent, he went into politics. His career in nati ...

, a first time MP, representing 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 to

Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa (30 June 1951 – 18 March 2023) was a Tongan accountant and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Tonga from 2019 to 2021. Tu'i'onetoa succeeded Semisi Sika, who had served as acting prime minister, since ...

at the 2014 election. Tuʻiʻonetoa would represent this constituency until April 2022, when he was stripped of the seat by the

Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

for bribery.

Members of Parliament

Election results

2010

2014

Along with five other incumbent DPFI MPs,

was not selected as a DPFI candidate for this election, and announced he would be running as an independent candidate."6 members of the Democratic Party will stand as independents"
, ''Tonga Daily News'', 2 September 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tongatapu 10 Tongan legislative constituencies Tongatapu 2010 establishments in Tonga Constituencies established in 2010

Members of Parliament

Election results

2010

2014

See also

References