Ponérihouen: the 2026 municipal election
Ponérihouen (Nouvelle-Calédonie, INSEE 98823) has 2,695 registered voters. Its council has 19 seats; the 2026 municipal election went to a second round on 22 March. The next municipal elections are in 2032; the presidential election is on 18 April 2027.
- 2,695registered voters
- 65%turnout, 2026 round one
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 2,013 voted, 1,982 valid votes
- UC FLNKS ET NATIONALISTES PWARAIRIWALed by Ocea Naaoutchoue · No label (small commune) 37.6% · 745 · 13 seats
- TOIMIRI BWETI PWARAIRIWALed by Eugène Menrempon · No label (small commune) 33.6% · 665 · 3 seats
- UNION NATIONALE pour l'INDEPENDANCE PWARAIRIWALed by Astrid Gopoea · No label (small commune) 28.9% · 572 · 3 seats
Round one, 15 March · 1,751 voted, 1,714 valid votes
- UC FLNKS ET NATIONALISTES PWARAIRIWANo label (small commune) 36.7% · 629
- TOIMIRI BWETI PWARAIRIWANo label (small commune) 32.1% · 550
- UNION NATIONALE pour l'INDEPENDANCE PWARAIRIWANo label (small commune) 31.2% · 535
Official results, Ministère de l'Intérieur. Lists are labelled with the ministry's political "nuance"; lists in small communes carry none. The list that comes first takes half the seats as a bonus, and the rest are shared in proportion among lists over 5%.
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About Ponérihouen
Ponérihouen is a commune in Nouvelle-Calédonie with 2,695 registered voters, the 16th largest of the département's 33 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 65% of them voted, more than the 56.1% across Nouvelle-Calédonie, and the list led by Ocea Naaoutchoue won 13 of the council's 19 seats after a second round.
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