1997 Niue Common Roll by-election explained

Election Name:1997 Niue Common Roll by-election
Type:parliamentary
Country:Niue
Seats For Election:One common roll seat
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1996 Niuean general election
Previous Year:1996
Next Election:1999 Niuean general election
Next Year:1999
Election Date:15 February 1997
Candidate1:Billy Talagi
Image1:Billy Talagi 2017 (3x4 crop).jpg
Party1:Independent politician
Popular Vote1:275
Percentage1:49.19%
Candidate2:Tiva Tongatule
Party2:Niue People's Party
Popular Vote2:194
Percentage2:34.70%
Candidate3:Terry Magaoa Chapman
Image3: NPP
Party3:Niue People's Party
Popular Vote3:90
Percentage3:16.10%
Map Size:200px
MP
Before Election:Toeono Tongatule
Before Party:Niue People's Party
After Election:Billy Talagi
After Party:Independent (politician)

The 1997 Niue Common Roll by-election was held on February 15, 1997, to fill a vacant common roll seat in the Niue Assembly after the death of Toeono Tongatule.[1] The seat was won by independent Billy Talagi, a former member of the Niue People's Party that defeated Toeono Tongatule's late wife, Tiva Tongatule, and Terry Magaoa Chapman.

Notes and References

  1. Levine . Stephen . Niue . Polynesia In Review: Issues and Events . Spring 1998 . 10 . 1 . 216–222 . 10 March 2021 . 29 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629045246/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/13211/v10n1-216-222-politicalrev.pdf . dead .