March 2019 Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua by-election

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Constituency of Tengatangi–Areora–Ngatiarua

Turnout

99.2%

	First party	Second party
	Ind.
Candidate	Te-Hani Brown	Nandi Glassie
Party	Independent	Democratic
Popular vote	80	50
Percentage	61.54%	38.46%

MP before election

Te-Hani Brown
Democratic

Elected MP

Te-Hani Brown
Independent

Politics of the Cook Islands


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A by-election was held in the Cook Islands constituency of Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua on 18 March 2019. The by-election was called following the defection of sitting MP Te-Hani Brown from the Democratic Party in January in order to support the government of Henry Puna, which triggered a by-election under election law. Brown ran as an independent with the support of the Cook Islands Party against Nandi Glassie, whom Brown had beaten in the 2018 Cook Islands general election.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Te-Hani Brown	Independent	80	61.54
	Nandi Glassie	Democratic Party	50	38.46
Total			130	100.00

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Aftermath

Although Brown retained her seat, Glassie filed a petition against her victory. He alleged that she had effectively bribed voters by covering the charge of a private aircraft to carry voters to vote on Atiu; Brown maintained that this did not constitute an offence. Brown resigned in April 2019 during the process of the petition through the courts and although Glassie was allowed to challenge the election result, this was reversed on appeal. Brown's seat was declared vacant in September 2019, triggering another by-election.

References

"PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 1 TENGATANGI-AREORA-NGATIARUA BY ELECTION 2019" (PDF). Government of the Cook Islands. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
"Te-Hani Brown wins Cook Islands by-election". Radio New Zealand. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
"Party hopping rules could affect Cooks MP's plans". Radio New Zealand. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
"Cook Islands Party will not contest Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua by-election". Fiji Times. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
"The Cook Islands Gazette No. 15/2019" (PDF). Parliament of the Cook Islands. 21 March 2019.
^ "Cook Islands electoral petition decision reserved". Radio New Zealand. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
"Re-elected Cooks MP resigns during petition process". Radio New Zealand. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
"DECLARATION OF VACANT SEAT IN THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS" (PDF). Government of the Cook Islands. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

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