French Polynesia's 3rd constituency

When the constituency was first contested during the 2012 elections, Jean-Paul Tuaiva, a business executive, was elected. He was supported by Tapura huiraatira, a right-of-centre and anti-independence party. He prevailed in the second round during a close contest, opposing him to Tauhiti Nena, a Cabinet Minister in the Temaru government.

In 2017, Tuaiva was embroiled in a misappropriation of public funds case and did not run for reelection. The election was a three-way race between Patrick Howell, supported by Tuaiva and a minister in the Fritch administration, Moetai Brotherson, a left-wing independentist and the step-son of Oscar Temaru, and Vincent Dubois, a former senator and a right-wing autonomist. The latter was eliminated in the first round and Brotherson prevailed in the second round in a somewhat less close race than that of 2012.

In 2022, Brotherson was reelected with a comfortable margin against his main opponent from Tapura, Tuterai Tumahai, a doctor. In 2023, following the victory of Tavini Huiraatira, Brotherson's party, during the legislative election, Moetai Brotherson was elected President of French Polynesia. Therefore, he resigned as deputy and was replaced by his substitute, Mereana Reid Arbelot.

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|Election	Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tapura Huiraatira}}" | | 2012 | Jean-Paul Tuaiva | Tapura
rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Tavini Huiraatira}}" | | 2017 | rowspan="2" | Moetai Brotherson | rowspan="3" | Tavini
2022
2023 | Mereana Reid Arbelot

2024 Legislative Election: French Polynesia's 3rd constituency

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Candidate ! colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Party ! colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Alliance ! colspan="2" |First round ! colspan="2" |Second round
style="width:50px;" |Votes ! style="width:45px;" |% ! style="width:50px;" |Votes ! style="width:45px;" |%
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Tāvini Huiraʻatira}};" | | style="text-align:left;" |Mereana Reid Arbelot |FLP |NFP |12,483 |42.71 |17,308 |50.87
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous right}};" | | style="text-align:left;" |Pascale Haiti |DVD | |12,006 |41.08 |16,716 |49.13
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous right}};" | | style="text-align:left;" |Naumi Mihuraa |DVD | |3,230 |11.05 | colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ecologists}};" | | style="text-align:left;" |Jean-Yves Morel |ECO | |1,507 |5.16 | colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
colspan="8" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
style="font-weight:bold;" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Valid votes |29,226 |100.00 |34,024 |100.00
colspan="8" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Blank votes |349 |1.17 |382 |1.10
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Null votes |226 |0.76 |250 |0.72
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Turnout |29,801 |43.17 |34,656 |50.20
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Abstentions |39,227 |56.83 |34,382 |49.80
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Registered voters |69,028 | style="background:#E9E9E9;" | |69,038 | style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
colspan="8" style="background:#E9E9E9;" |
colspan="8" style="text-align:left;" |Source: [https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ensemble_geographique/04/974/97402/index.html][https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-legislatives-2024/la-reunion/la-reunion/#circonscription-02]
style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Result | colspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Tāvini Huiraʻatira}}" |FLP HOLD

{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2022: French Polynesia's 3rd constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance||party=Tavini Huiraatira|side=Nouvelle Union Populaire écologiste et sociale|candidate=Moetai Brotherson|votes=9,761|percentage=34.26|change=+4.15}}{{Election box winning candidate for alliance||party=Tapura Huiraatira|side=Ensemble Citoyens|candidate=Tuterai Tumehai|votes=9,128|percentage=32.04|change=-1.36}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=A here ia Porinetia|candidate=Nuihau Laurey|votes=4,140|percentage=14.53|change=N/A|}}{{Election box candidate for alliance||party=Amuitahira'a o te Nuna'a Maohi|side=Union of the Right and Centre|candidate=Sylviane Terooatea|votes=3,987|percentage=13.99|change=-13.58}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Miscellaneous Green|candidate=Jules Hauata|votes=586|percentage=2.06|change=N/A|}}

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{{Election box candidate||party=Others|candidate=N/A|votes=889|percentage=3.13|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=28,491|percentage=43.33|change=-0.22|}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance||party=Tavini Huiraatira|side=Nouvelle Union Populaire écologiste et sociale|candidate=Moetai Brotherson|votes=21,937|percentage=61.32|change=+8.82}}

{{Election box candidate for alliance||party=Tapura Huiraatira|side=Ensemble Citoyens|candidate=Tuterai Tumehai|votes=13,837|percentage=38.68|change=-8.82}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=35,774|percentage=54.62|change=+3.87|}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Tavini Huiraatira}}

{{Election box end}}{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Polynésie française |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/outre-mer/polynesie-francaise/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}

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