Tongatapu 2 Explained

Tongatapu 2
Year:2010
Parl Name:Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Member:ʻUhilamoelangi Fasi
Party:Independent
Region:Tongatapu
Elects Howmany:1

Tongatapu 2 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. Located on the country's main island, Tongatapu, it encompasses part of Kolofoʻou (a district of the capital city, Nukuʻalofa), and the villages of Fanga-ʻo-Pilolevu, Mailetaha, Haveluloto, Tofoa, and Koloua.[1]

Its first representative was Semisi Sika, of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands. Sika, a first time MP, defeated Dr. Viliami Tangi, the incumbent Minister for Health, who had sat in Parliament as a minister but had not been an elected MP.[2] [3] Sika held the seat with a large majority in the 2014 general election.[4] He lost it in the 2021 election to ʻUhilamoelangi Fasi.[5] [6]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2010Semisi SikaDemocratic Party of the Friendly Islands
2014Semisi SikaDemocratic Party of the Friendly Islands
2017Semisi SikaDemocratic Party of the Friendly Islands
2021ʻUhilamoelangi Fasiindependent

Election results

2010

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mic.gov.to/election/copy-of-copy-of-electoral-commission/1883-polling-station-tongatapu-2 "Tongatapu 2 polling stations"
  2. Web site: KINGDOM OF TONGA LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 25 NOVEMBER 2010 . Adam Carr . 29 December 2020.
  3. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=56634 "Tonga health minister standing in elections to ensure continuity"
  4. http://www.tongaelections.com/index.php/component/content/article/203 "Final Results for General Election 2014"
  5. Web site: A sobering reality hits Democrats after election losses; voters elect nine new faces . Kaniva Tonga . 18 November 2021 . 15 December 2021.
  6. Web site: Tonga elects all-male parliament with nine new People's Reps . Matangi Tonga . 18 November 2021 . 18 November 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211118122442/https://matangitonga.to/2021/11/19/tonga-elects-all-male-parliament-nine-new-peoples-reps . 18 November 2021.