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Congress of New Caledonia

{{Short description|Unicameral legislature of New Caledonia}}

{{Expand French|date=February 2009|Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie|topic=gov}}

{{Infobox legislature

| name = Congress of New Caledonia

| native_name = Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

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| house_type = Unicameral

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| leader1_type = President

| leader1 = Veylma Falaeo

| party1 = Oceanian Awakening

| election1 = 31 August 2024

| leader2_type =President of the Government

| leader2 =Alcide Ponga

| party2 =The Rally

| election2 =16 January 2025

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| members = 54 members

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| political_groups1 ={{nowrap|Majority (28)}}

  • {{Color box|#0000FF|border=silver}} Les Loyalistes (12)
  • {{Color box|#1D4E61|border=silver}} LRC–MPC–MRC (8)
  • {{Color box|{{party color|Miscellaneous right}}|border=silver}} {{tooltip|PD|Passionément Dumbéa}} (1)
  • {{Color box|#FB8E00|border=silver}} GNC (1)
  • {{Color box|{{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}}|border=silver}} REN (1)
  • {{Color box|#00FFFD|border=silver}} CE diss. (1)
  • {{Color box|#00FFFD|border=silver}} CE (6)
  • {{Color box|{{party color|The Republicans (France)}}|border=silver}} LR (6)
  • {{Color box|{{party color|Oceanian Awakening}}|border=silver}} EO (3)
  • {{Color box|{{party color|The Republicans (France)}}|border=silver}} LR diss. (1)

{{nowrap|Minority (26)}}

  • {{Color box|#1AC11F|border=silver}} UC–FLNKS–Nat. (14)
  • {{Color box|#ECFF00|border=silver}} LKS (1)
  • {{Color box|#9A0000|border=silver}} PT (1)
  • {{Color box|#FF0505|border=silver}} UNI (11)
  • {{Color box|#1AC11F|border=silver}} UC diss. (1)

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| voting_system1 = Party-list proportional representation (D'Hondt method)

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| last_election1 = 12 May 2019

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|next_election1=2025 New Caledonian legislative election| previous_election1 =

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| meeting_place = 1 Boulevard Vauban, Nouméa, New Caledonia

| website = {{URL|http://www.congres.nc/}}

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{{Politics of New Caledonia}}

The Congress of New Caledonia ({{langx|fr|Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie}}), a "territorial congress" (congrès territorial or congrès du territoire), is the legislature of New Caledonia. The congress is headquartered at 1 Boulevard Vauban in downtown Noumea. Local media in New Caledonia refer to the congress as "boulevard Vauban" when referencing it.

Composition and electoral system

The congress has 54 members who serve five-year terms, 32 members from the South Province Assembly, 15 members from the North Province Assembly, and 7 members from Loyalty Islands Province Assembly. Members are elected proportionally based on the partisan makeup of all three assemblies of the provinces of New Caledonia with a 5% threshold.{{cite web |url=https://www.congres.nc/the-congress-of-new-caledonia-assembly/composition/ |title=The Congress of New Caledonia Composition |website=Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie |access-date=2024-05-24 }}

Results of parliamentary elections

=May 2019 election results=

The political parties, aside from naturally being split based on socioeconomic ideological differences, are split along hard-line stances on possible New Caledonian independence from France. Both independentists and its opponents subscribe to various socioeconomic ideologies so the difference of opinion is usually rooted in favouring either Kanak nationalism, New Caledonian separatism and independence as opposed to French nationalism and New Caledonian regionalism.

  • {{Legend|#add8e6|Anti-separatist}}
  • {{Legend|#ffcf9e|Pro-independence}}
  • {{Legend|#ffffff|Neutral}}

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!Party

!Seats

!+/-

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|Future with Confidence

|18

| +5

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|National Union for Independence

|9

| +2

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|Caledonian Union–FLNKS

|9

| –1

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|Caledonia Together

|7

| –8

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|Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front

|6

| +2

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|Oceanian Awakening

|3

|New

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|Labour Party

|1

| +1

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|Kanak Socialist Liberation

|1

| +1

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|Anti-separatist

|25

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|Pro-independence

|26

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Total

|54

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See also

{{Portal|Politics}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.congres.nc/}} {{in lang|fr}}

References

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