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2011 Tongatapu 9 by-election

By-election to the Tongan parliament

Field	Value
election_name	Tongatapu 9 by-election
type	presidential
country	Tonga
seats_for_election	Tongatapu 9 constituency
ongoing	no
party_name	no
previous_election	2010 Tongan general election
previous_year	2010
election_date	15 September 2011
candidate1	Falisi Tupou
colour1	FF0000
party1	DPFI
popular_vote1	745
percentage1	32.8%
candidate2	Sevenitini Toumoʻua
party2	(unknown)
popular_vote2	483
percentage2	21.3%
candidate3	Viliami Fukofuka
party3	(unknown)
popular_vote3	469
percentage3	20.7%
before_election	Kaveinga Faʻanunu
before_party	Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands
after_election	to be determined

A by-election was held in the Tongatapu 9 constituency of Tonga on 15 September 2011. It was triggered by the death of the incumbent, the first time MP Kaveinga Faʻanunu, who died of head and neck cancer on 24 July. Under the first past the post system, Faʻanunu had won the newly established single-member seat for the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands in the November 2010 general election, with 34% of the vote, and a majority of 494 votes (18.5%), appearing to make it a relatively safe seat for the party (which was a junior partner in Lord Tuʻivakano's government).

Candidates

On 18 August, the Tongan government announced that six candidates had been registered for the by-election, without however specifying what political party any of them might be a member of. They were Konisitutone Simana Kamii, Siaosi ʻEnosi Tuʻipulotu, Viliami Fukofuka, Sevenitini Toumoʻua, ʻEpeli Taufa Kalimani, and Falisi Tupou. The first five had stood unsuccessfully in the November general election – most notably Sevenitini Toumoʻua, who had finished second to Faʻanunu with 15.5% of the vote.

Result

Falisi Tupou, the candidate of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands, won the seat with 32.8% of the vote.

2010 result

References

(5 August 2011). "September 15 by-election for Tongatapu 9". [[Matangi Tonga]].
(26 November 2010). "Results of the November 2010 general election". Matangi Tonga.
link. (23 March 2012 , Tongan government, 19 August 2011)
[http://www.matangitonga.to/article/tonganews/parliament/20110915_tonga_byelection.shtml "Falisi Tupou new Tongatapu 9 PR"], Matangi Tonga, 15 September 2011
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