Tahoera'a Huiraatira 1830819 208326047 2008-04-26T14:38:44Z BOTarate 5870361 robot Adding: [[es:Tahoera'a Huiraatira]] '''Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira''' (''Popular Rally'') is a [[List of political parties in French Polynesia|political party in French Polynesia]]. At the last [[legislative]] [[Elections in French Polynesia|elections]] on [[May 23]] [[2004]], and [[by-election]]s on [[February 13]] [[2005]], the party won 27 out of 57 seats. Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira is the large conservative pro-autonomy party and anti-independence-party on [[French Polynesia]] and was founded by [[Gaston Flosse]], who supports French Polynesia's current autonomy arrangement with [[France]] and who led Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira for over 20 years. [[Gaston Tong Sang]] was the party's presidential candidate in the election of March 2005, but was defeated by [[Oscar Temaru]] by 29 votes to 26. On [[26 December]] [[2006]], Tong Sang was elected President of French Polynesia. He fell to a no-confidence vote on [[31 August]] [[2007]], and Temaru was elected again on [[14 September]] [[2007]]. Tong Sang then split from his former party to found a new party called [[O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a]]. The party is backed by most French settlers in French Polynesia. The party elected two deputies to the [[French National Assembly]] in 2007. == See also == * [[List of political parties in French Polynesia]] * [[Elections in French Polynesia]] * [[Assembly of French Polynesia]] * [[Politics of French Polynesia]] ==External Website== [http://tahoeraahuiraatira.pf/ Official Website] {{French Polynesian political parties}} [[Category:Political parties in French Polynesia]] {{party-stub}} [[ca:Tahoera'a Huiraatira]] [[es:Tahoera'a Huiraatira]] [[fr:Tahoeraa huiraatira]]