42,067 registered voters for November 25 Election [1]
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 13:29. Updated on Monday, September 9, 2013 - 18:40.
WITH only three weeks left to the General Election on November 25, a total of 42,067 voters have registered to elect their new leaders in the polls under a new government system.
The Tongatapu District holds a majority of the registered voters with 29,056. Vava'u has 6,657 voters, while Ha'apai has 3,257 voters.
The island of 'Eua has 2,242 registered voters, with the two Niuas holding only 855 voters.
There are 146 candidates contesting 17 constituencies.
Of the 17, there are 10 constituencies in Tongatapu, three in Vava'u, two in Ha'apai and one each in 'Eua and the two Niuas.
The Electoral Commission at 9 September 2010 had recorded the following number of registered voters by consitutency:
Tongatapu 1 - 2932
Tongatapu 2 - 2545
Tongatapu 3 - 3062
Tongatapu 4 - 2400
Tongatapu 5 - 3120
Tongatapu 6 - 3015
Tongatapu 7 - 2837
Tongatapu 8 - 2937
Tongatapu 9 - 2946
Tongatapu 10 - 3262
'Eua 11 - 2242
Ha'apai 12 - 1594
Ha'apai 13v1663
Vava'u 14 - 2510
Vava'u 15 - 1997
Vava'u 16 - 2150
Ongo Niua 17 -
Niuatoputapu 609,
Niuafo'ou 246.