voting has started in New Caledonia

Voting for the second round of the presidential election began in New Caledonia on Saturday 23 April. In duplex from Noumea for Franceinfo 11 p.m., journalist Laurence Pourtau explains that one of the major issues will be the abstention rate. “Only 33.35% of voters turned out on April 10, i.e. an abstention rate of 66.65% while nearly one in two Caledonians had slipped a ballot into the ballot box in 2017. In the first round at In the end, Caledonia is the overseas territory where the abstention will have been the highest, just after Tahiti”she recalls.

The journalist declares that this strong abstention is explained in particular by “the distance: 17,000 kilometers that separate us from the metropolis. The fault is also due to the importance of the institutions specific to Caledonia, the provinces and the government. Institutions which, for their part, largely mobilize the electorate”analyzes Laurence Pourtau.