Poya: the 2026 municipal election
Poya (Nouvelle-Calédonie, INSEE 98827) has 2,597 registered voters. Its council has 23 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.
- 2,597registered voters
- 69%turnout, 2026 round one
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 1,931 voted, 1,886 valid votes
- UNITE POYA NEKO 2026Led by François Joseph Poindi Meandu-Poveu · No label (small commune) 45.1% · 850 · 17 seats
- NEKO POYA POUR TOUSLed by Jacques Gossoin · No label (small commune) 23.0% · 434 · 3 seats
- ALTERNATIVE NATIONALISTE NEKO POYALed by Julien Meureureu-Gowe · No label (small commune) 20.6% · 389 · 2 seats
- UNE NOUVELLE DYNAMIQUE NEKÖ POYALed by Guy Michel Machoro · No label (small commune) 11.3% · 213 · 1 seat
Round one, 15 March · 1,796 voted, 1,764 valid votes
- UNITE POYA NEKO 2026No label (small commune) 36.7% · 647
- NEKO POYA POUR TOUSNo label (small commune) 22.3% · 393
- ALTERNATIVE NATIONALISTE NEKO POYANo label (small commune) 17.4% · 307
- UNE NOUVELLE DYNAMIQUE NEKÖ POYANo label (small commune) 14.7% · 259
- NEKO POYA ENSEMBLE POUR UNE COMMUNE SOLIDAIRENo label (small commune) 9.0% · 158
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 Poya
Poya is a commune in Nouvelle-Calédonie with 2,597 registered voters, the 17th largest of the département's 33 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 69.2% of them voted, more than the 56.1% across Nouvelle-Calédonie, and the list led by François Joseph Poindi Meandu-Poveu won 17 of the council's 23 seats after a second round.
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