Tongatapu 8

Tongatapu 8
Constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Region	Tongatapu
Current constituency
Created	2010
Number of members	1
Member(s)	Sione Taione

Tongatapu 8 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 the villages of Malapo, Vaini, Longoteme, Folaha, Nukuhetulu, Kauvai, and Veitongo.^[1]

Its first ever representative was Sione Taione, a first time MP, representing the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Sione Taione	Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands

Election results

2010

Tongan general election, 2010: Tongatapu 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DPFI	Sione Havea Taione	901	34.1
	(unknown)	Lui ‘Aho	770	29.1
	(unknown)	Fataimoemanu Lafaele Vaihu	474	17.9
	(unknown)	Siaosi ‘Etika Moleni	177	6.7
	PLT	Sioape Tu’iono	118	4.5
	(unknown)	Mosese Senituli Manu	83	3.1
	(unknown)	Simote Po’uliva’ati	66	2.5
	(unknown)	Simione Kau Silapelu	32	1.2
	(unknown)	Nakita Talanoa	20	0.8
	(unknown)	Solo Fefioloi Solomone La’akulu	5	0.2
Majority			131	5	n/a
	DPFI win (new seat)

2014

Along with five other incumbent DPFI MPs, Sione Taione was not selected as a DPFI candidate for this election, and announced he would be running as an independent candidate.^[3]

Tongan general election, 2014: Tongatapu 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	(unknown)
Turnout

References

1. Tonga Electoral Commission
2. 2010 election results for Tongatapu, Matangi Tonga
3. "6 members of the Democratic Party will stand as independents", Tonga Daily News, 2 September 2014