The constituency of Wallis and Futuna is a French legislative constituency covering the whole of the overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is represented in the XVIth legislature by Mikaele Seo of Renaissance who defeated fellow centrist Etuato Mulikihaamea in the 2022 election.
Deputies ElectionMemberParty 1988Benjamin BrialRPR 1993Kamilo GataPRG 1997 Victor BrialRPR 2002UMP 2007Albert LikuvaluPRG 2012David Vergé SE 2013 Napole Polutele 2017 2018 Sylvain Brial2022Mikaele SeoRE2024
Election results 2024 CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundVotes%Mikaele SeoREEnsemble4,28162.25Lavinia Kanimoa Née TaganeDVD1,24818.15Lauriane Dominika Tialetagi VergéDVC1,02814.95Otilone TokotuuDIV3204.65Valid votes6,877100.00Blank votes490.70Null votes380.55Turnout6,96477.11Abstentions2,06722.89Registered voters9,031Source: ResultRE HOLD
2022
2018 by-election
Napole Polutele's 2017 election was invalidated and a by-election held in 2018. Only the first round of the election was required.
CandidatePartyFirst roundVotes%+/–Sylvain BrialSE51.61+5.42Napole PoluteleSE48.39–1.85Votes100.00–Valid votes99.45 +0.22Blank votes0.28–0.17Null votes0.27–0.05Turnout83.02 +1.75Abstentions16.98–1.75Registered votersSource: Préfecture de Wallis et Futuna
2017
Napole Polutele obtained sufficient votes to be elected in the first round. Note, this election was later invalidated, leading to the 2018 by-election
2013 by-election David Vergé's 2012 election was annulled due to financial irregularities, causing a by-election on 17 and 24 March 2013."A l'Assemblée nationale, la majorité absolue des socialistes fragilisée", Le Monde, 10 June 2013. Two candidates stood for the left, including Laurianne Vergé for the Socialists. She was the first woman ever to stand as a candidate for Parliament to represent the constituency – and was the wife of David Vergé, who had represented the other side of the political spectrum."Napole Polutélé nouveau député de Wallis et Futuna", Outre-Mer 1ère, 25 March 2013. Seeking to retain the seat for the right, Napole Polutele stood as an independent endorsed by the Union for a Popular Movement.
All three candidates received good enough results to advance to the second round, where Polutele received almost exactly the same result as in the first and was elected.By-elections to the National Assembly in 2013, French Ministry of the Interior. Two months later, having been elected to sit on the opposition benches (albeit officially as an independent), he joined the ranks of the Socialist-led majority. He explained frankly that being a member of the majority would make it easier for him to lobby the government for funds and services for his constituents – who, he said, cared little for the left-right divide prevalent in metropolitan France. He subsequently sat as an independent on the benches of the left."Le député de Wallis Napole Polutélé rejoint le Parti Socialiste", Outre-Mer 1ère, 29 May 2013.
2012
2007
Sources and notes
French Interior Ministry results website: