Tahoera'a Huiraatira
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Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira (Popular Rally) is a political party in French Polynesia. At the last legislative elections on May 23, 2004, and by-elections on February 13, 2005, the party won 27 out of 57 seats.
Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira is the large conservative pro-autonomy party and anti-independence-party on French Polynesia and was founded by Gaston Flosse, who supports French Polynesias current autonomy arrangement with France and who led Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira for over 20 years.
Gaston Tong Sang was the party's presidential candidate in the election of March 2005, but was defeated by Oscar Temaru by 29 votes to 26. On 26 December 2006, Tong Sang was elected President of French Polynesia.
The party is backed by most French settlers in French Polynesia.
[edit] See also
- List of political parties in French Polynesia
- Elections in French Polynesia
- Assembly of French Polynesia
- Politics of French Polynesia
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