Tongatapu 2 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 part of
Kolofoʻou (a district of the capital city,
Nukuʻalofa
Nukualofa ( , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tonga. It is located on the north coast of the island of Tongatapu, in the country's southernmost island group.
History
First western records of Nukualofa
On 10 June 1777, British ...
), and the villages of Fanga-ʻo-Pilolevu, Mailetaha, Haveluloto, Tofoa, and Koloua.
Its first representative was
Semisi Sika
Semisi Kioa Lafu Sika (born 31 January 1968) is a Tongan politician, businessman, and Member of the Tongan Parliament from 2010 to 2021. He served as acting prime minister in September 2019, following the death of ʻAkilisi Pōhiva. He is curre ...
, 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 ...
. Sika, a first time MP, defeated Dr.
Viliami Tangi, the incumbent Minister for Health, who had sat in Parliament as a minister but had not been an elected MP. Sika held the seat with a large majority in the
2014 general election. He lost it in the
2021 election to
ʻUhilamoelangi Fasi.
Members of Parliament
Election results
2014
2010
See also
*
Constituencies of Tonga
Constituencies of Tonga are used for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
List of constituencies
People's representatives
* Tongatapu 1
* Tongatapu 2
* Tongatapu 3
* Tongatapu 4
* Tongatapu 5
* Tongatapu 6
* Tongatapu 7
* T ...
References
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Tongan legislative constituencies
Tongatapu
2010 establishments in Tonga
Constituencies established in 2010