Tongatapu 8 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 Malapo, Vaini, Longoteme, Folaha, Nukuhetulu, Kauvai, and Veitongo. Its first ever representative was

Sione Taione Percy Sione Havea Taione (born September 2, 1971), more commonly known as Sione Taione, is a Tongan politician. He belongs to the Seventh-day Adventist Church and serves as an Elder for the Malapo Church in Tonga. He attended Beulah Primary Schoo ...

, 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 ...

. At the 2014 election he was replaced by

Semisi Fakahau Semisi Tauelangi Fakahau (11 February 1948 − 27 October 2022) was a Tongan politician and Cabinet of Tonga, Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands. Fakahau was educated at Papua New Guinea University ...

, who held it until his death in 2022. The subsequent by-election was won by Johnny Taione.

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 8 Tongan legislative constituencies Tongatapu 2010 establishments in Tonga Constituencies established in 2010

Members of Parliament

Election results

2010

2014

See also

References