New Caledonia
East Asia & Pacific · Capital: Noum'ea
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Upcoming elections
No upcoming national election is on record for New Caledonia.
How New Caledonia is governed
- System of government
- French special collectivity with a devolved parliamentary-style government
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
- Head of state
- President of France
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
- Head of government
- President of the Government of New Caledonia
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
- Voting age
- 18
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
- Compulsory voting
- No
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
- Electoral authority
- Special Electoral Office for the Congress and Provincial Assemblies of New Caledonia
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
Legislature
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
- Congress of New Caledonia 54 seats · 5-year term · indirect, composed from the three provincial assemblies: 32 from South Province, 15 from North Province, and 7 from Loyalty Islands Province
New Caledonia is a French overseas collectivity with a Congress elected from the three provincial assemblies. The government is elected by the Congress and is responsible to it; the 2024-2026 organic law changes also show the provincial/congress electoral cycle is subject to national organic-law adjustments.
legifrance.gouv.fr Official source
Avoir atteint l'âge de la majorité
gouv.nc Official source
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est découpée en trois provinces
Elected offices
- President of the Government of New Caledonia head of government · 5-year term · Elected by the Congress from among the members of the government
Past elections
Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.
Parliamentary election
2026 New Caledonian legislative election
Held Final resultsdfat.gov.au Official source
As a French overseas territory, the President of the French Republic is New Caledonia's Head of State
en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia
Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 28 June 2026 to elect members of the Congress of New Caledonia.
- Held
Wikidata Q105547062: 2021 New Caledonian independence referendum Wikidata
2021 New Caledonian independence referendum - point in time 2021-12-12
ReferendumRound 2
2020 New Caledonian independence referendum
HeldWikidata Q65123200: 2020 New Caledonian independence referendum Wikidata
2020 New Caledonian independence referendum - point in time 2020-10-04
- Held
Wikidata Q65123200: 2020 New Caledonian independence referendum Wikidata
2020 New Caledonian independence referendum - point in time 2020-09-06
- Held
Wikidata Q20723992: New Caledonian independence referendum, 2018 Wikidata
New Caledonian independence referendum, 2018 - point in time 2018-11-04
New Caledonia in numbers
From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.
Sources
Every fact above links to the page it came from. Last checked 8 October 2026 (UTC).
- dfat.gov.auOfficial source
- gouv.ncOfficial source
- gouv.ncOfficial source
- gouv.ncOfficial source
- legifrance.gouv.frOfficial source
- Wikidata Q20723992: New Caledonian independence referendum, 2018Wikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
- Wikidata Q65123200: 2020 New Caledonian independence referendumWikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
- Wikidata Q105547062: 2021 New Caledonian independence referendumWikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
- en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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