People's Union for Wallis and Futuna
Encyclopedia
The People's Union for Wallis and Futuna is a political party
in the French
collectivité d'outre-mer
of Wallis and Futuna
. In the latest legislative elections
of March 10, 2002, it won, together with the French Socialist Party
, 7 out of 20 seats in the Territorial Assembly
.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
collectivité d'outre-mer
Collectivité d'outre-mer
The French overseas collectivities , like the French regions are first-order administrative divisions of France. The COMs include some former French overseas territories and other French overseas entities with a particular status, all of which became COMs by constitutional reform on 28 March...
of Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Rotuma of Fiji to the west, the main part of Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast,...
. In the latest legislative elections
Elections in Wallis and Futuna
Elections in Wallis and Futuna gives information on election and election results in Wallis and Futuna.Wallis and Futuna elects on territorial level a legislature...
of March 10, 2002, it won, together with the French Socialist Party
Socialist Party (France)
The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...
, 7 out of 20 seats in the Territorial Assembly
Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna elects on territorial level a legislature. The Territorial Assembly has 20 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies....
.