Legislative 2022: Tematai Le Gayic, 21, elected in Polynesia and younger deputy in history of the

The young man thus broke the record of the youngest deputy, previously held by Marion Maréchal, elected in 2012 at the age of 22 years under the National Front label.

Le Monde with AFP

It is a highly symbolic victory obtained after a long suspense. At 21, the independence candidate Tematai Le Gayic, supported by the new Ecological and Social People’s People’s Union (Nuts), is elected younger deputy in the history of the V ^e Republic in the 1 ^{Re district of French Polynesia. He is ahead of Nicole Bouteau, former Minister of Labor and Tourism, supported by Ensemble !, The presidential coalition.}

m. The gayic, which belongs to the Tavini Huira’atira party (“Serve the people”), obtains 50.88 % of the votes cast, according to the figures according to figures from the Polynesia Prefecture , against 49.12 % for m ^{me boutteau. It is an unexpected victory for the young independentist, since in the first round, he had arrived in second position with 20.10 %, against 41.90 % – more than twenty points behind – for his competitor. In this constituency, Mr. Le Gayic thus succeeds Maïna Sage, who belonged to the UDI, and had not represented himself.}

m. The gayic thus broke the record of the youngest deputy in the history of the V ^e Republic, previously held by Marion Maréchal, elected at the time under the National Front label (now since Gathering National) . In 2012, the niece of Marine Le Pen, then aged 22, had imposed itself in the 3 e district of Vaucluse, in Carpentras, to the detriment of the outgoing UMP deputy, Jean-Michel Ferrand. Jean-Marie Le Pen’s little daughter had benefited from the maintenance during this triangular of the socialist Catherine Arkilovitch.

cardboard full of separatists in Polynesia

The independence party Tavini Huira’atira is a full cardboard in Polynesia, managing to have its three candidates for the National Assembly elected.

Besides TEMatai the gayic in the 1 ^{re district, Steve Chailloux, a young Tahitian teacher, is elected with 58.89 % of the votes in the 2 e district Faced with the candidate of the presidential majority, Tepuaraurii Teriitahi (41.11 %). The victory of the outgoing deputy, Moetai Brotherson (61.32 %), was more expected in the 3 e constituency: he defeated Tumahai (38.68 %), a novice autonomist in politics that had surprised By expressing several times during the campaign his adhesion to the ideas of his opponent.}

National political labels little influence Polynesian voters, who are mainly positioned according to the instructions of local parties. The independence party also owes its victory to a front of oppositions against the local majority.

This is the first time that the independence party Tavini Huira’atira has managed to have more than one deputy elected, and the first time he won an election without an alliance. One year before the territorial elections, the most important ballot in French Polynesia is also a warning to the majority party and the government of Edouard Fritch, put in difficulty by the economic crisis following the epidemic of COVID-19.