ʻEua 11 is an electoral constituency for the Legislative Assembly in the Kingdom of Tonga. 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 electoral system. It covers the whole of the island of ʻEua, and the much smaller adjacent island of Kalau. Despite the "11" in its name, there is only one constituency for ʻEua; each constituency in the country is given a number.Tonga Electoral Commission
Its first ever representative was Sunia Fili, who had first been elected to Parliament in 1999. Elected as an independent MP in 2010, he was appointed Minister for Finance by Prime Minister Lord Tuʻivakano.2010 election results for Tongatapu, Matangi Tonga Though elected as an independent, he was close to the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands,, Taimi Media Network, 1 December 2010 and joined it in 2012 after resigning from the government."Deputy Speaker resigns to take up new ministerial post", Parliament of Tonga, 2 July 2012
Fili was replaced by Tevita Lavemaau at the 2014 election. Lavemaau was re-elected in 2017, but lost the seat at the 2021 election to Taniela Fusimalohi.
Members of Parliament Election or event Member Party 2010Sunia Fili Independent 2012Switches allegiance to DPFI. No new election. Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands 2014 Tevita Lavemaau Independent 2017 Tevita Lavemaau Independent 2021 Taniela Fusimalohi Independent
Election results
2010
2014 Along with five other incumbent DPFI MPs, Sunia Fili 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
'Eua 11CandidateVotes%Tevita Lavemaau760Sunia Fili716Taniela Fusimalohi618Suliasi Pouvalu Fonise 'Aholelei57Silivia Loumaile Mahe7Invalid/blank votes1–Total2,159100Registered voters/turnout Source: TEC
2017 'Eua 11CandidateVotes%Tevita Lavemaau789Taniela Fusimalohi519Sunia Manu Fili476Sunia Kauvaka Havea310Hale Telepo6Silivia Loumaile Mahe6Invalid/blank votes2–Total2,108100Registered voters/turnout Source: Tonga Elections
See also Constituencies of Tonga
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