Parliamentary elections was held in Niue

Niue

Niue , is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to...

 on 7 May 2011, to elect the members of the Niue Assembly

Niue Assembly

The Niue Assembly is the legislature of Niue. It consists of 20 members, 14 representatives of the villages and 6 elected on a common roll. Members are directly elected by universal suffrage, and serve a three year term...

. The assembly consists of 20 members, 6 elected on a common roll and 14 representatives of the villages

In the leadup to the election Speaker of the Niue Assembly Atapana Siakimotu announced that he would be retiring from politics.

Election management

The election is managed and controlled by the Chief Electoral Officer, Justin Kamupala, who is also the Secretary of the Niue Department of Justice, Lands and Survey. .)

Timetable

• 21 April 2011 12pm: closing of nominations
• 27 April 2011 12pm: closing for withdrawal of nominations
• 29 April 2011: closing of registration and objection of names in the electoral roll
• 7 May 2011: polling day

Results

There were four changes in membership: Three new members were elected on the common roll, with caretaker PM (and expected new PM) Toke Talagi

Toke Talagi

Toke Tufukia Talagi is the current premier of Niue. He was elected premier by the Niue Assembly on 19 June 2008, defeating the standing premier Young Vivian by fourteen votes to five, with one abstaining....

 topping the vote. The only change in village seats was that Tofua Puletama was ousted from Makefu

Makefu

Makefu is one of the fourteen villages of Niue. Its population as of the 2001 census was 87.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010...

 by Salilo Tongia in a close result.

As expected, Talagi was reelected as PM with 12 of 20 votes.