# 1977 New Caledonian legislative election

Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 11 September 1977. Anti-autonomy parties won 19 of the 35 seats.

## Campaign

A total of 495 candidates contested the elections, representing 19 parties. For the first time, parties were allowed party political broadcasts on radio and television, with time allocated on the basis of seats held in the outgoing Assembly and local government. The campaign was described by Pacific Islands Monthly as "exceptionally savage".

## Results

Women were elected to the Assembly for the first time, with Marie-Paule Serve and Edwige Antier winning seats. Of the 35 elected members, 22 were new to the Assembly.
Anti-autonomy parties (Rally for Caledonia, the Caledonian Liberal Movement, the New Caledonian Union, the Union for Caledonian Renewal, the All Ethnicity Union and the Democratic Union) won 19 seats; pro-independence parties (the Caledonian Union, the Party of Kanak Liberation and the United Front of Kanak Liberation) won 12 seats, with the remaining four held by pro-autonomy parties (the Caledonian Socialist Party and the Melanesian Progressive Union).
| Party | Party | Seats | +/– |
| | Rally for Caledonia | 12 | New |
| | Caledonian Union | 9 | –3 |
| | Caledonian Socialist Party | 3 | New |
| | Caledonian Liberal Movement | 2 | –3 |
| | New Caledonian Union | 2 | New |
| | Party of Kanak Liberation | 2 | New |
| | All Ethnicities' Agreement | 1 | New |
| | Democratic Union | 1 | –3 |
| | Melanesian Progressive Union | 1 | New |
| | Union for Caledonian Renewal | 1 | New |
| | United Front of Kanak Liberation | 1 | New |
| Total | Total | 35 | 0 |
| Source: Leblic ||||

### Elected members

| Constituency | Member | Party | Notes |
| East (7 seats) | Stanley Camerlynck | New Caledonian Union | |
| East (7 seats) | Yves de Villelongue | Rally for Caledonia | |
| East (7 seats) | André Gopea | Melanesian Progressive Union | Re-elected (previously UM) |
| East (7 seats) | Éloi Machoro | Caledonian Union | |
| East (7 seats) | Auguste Parawi-Reybas | Rally for Caledonia | |
| East (7 seats) | Daniel Poigoune | Party of Kanak Liberation | |
| East (7 seats) | Jean-Marie Tjibaou | Caledonian Union | |
| Islands (5 seats) | Nidoïsh Naisseline | Party of Kanak Liberation | |
| Islands (5 seats) | Dick Ukeiwé | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected (previously UD in South) |
| Islands (5 seats) | Yann Céléné Uregeï | United Front of Kanak Liberation | Re-elected (previously UM) |
| Islands (5 seats) | Édouard Wapaé | Caledonian Union | |
| Islands (5 seats) | Yeiwéné Yeiwéné | Caledonian Union | |
| South (16 seats) | Edwige Antier | Union for the Renewal of New Caledonia | |
| South (16 seats) | Alain Bernut | Caledonian Socialist Party | Re-elected (previously MPC) |
| South (16 seats) | Victorin Boewa | Rally for Caledonia | |
| South (16 seats) | Jacques Bouttin | Rally for Caledonia | |
| South (16 seats) | Pierre Declercq | Caledonian Union | |
| South (16 seats) | Pierre Frogier | Rally for Caledonia | |
| South (16 seats) | Max Frouin | Caledonian Liberal Movement | Re-elected |
| South (16 seats) | Claude Fournier | Caledonian Socialist Party | Re-elected (previously MPC) |
| South (16 seats) | Roger Laroque | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected (previously EDS) |
| South (16 seats) | Jean Lèques | Caledonian Liberal Movement | Re-elected |
| South (16 seats) | Petelo Manuofiua | Rally for Caledonia | |
| South (16 seats) | Jacques Mouren | Rally for Caledonia | |
| South (16 seats) | Raymond Mura | All Ethnicities' Agreement | |
| South (16 seats) | Rock Pidjot | Caledonian Union | Re-elected |
| South (16 seats) | Marie-Paule Serve | Rally for Caledonia | |
| South (16 seats) | Jacques Violette | Caledonian Socialist Party | |
| West (7 seats) | Jean-Pierre Aïfa | New Caledonian Union | Re-elected (previously in UC) |
| West (7 seats) | François Burck | Caledonian Union | |
| West (7 seats) | Jean Delouvrier | Rally for Caledonia | |
| West (7 seats) | Maurice Lenormand | Caledonian Union | Re-elected (previously in South) |
| West (7 seats) | Gaston Morlet | Democratic Union | |
| West (7 seats) | Gabriel Païta | Caledonian Union | Re-elected |
| West (7 seats) | Joseph Tidjine | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected (previously UD) |
| Source: Congress ||||