Pro-independence list led by former President of French Polynesia Oscar Temaru won the second round of territorial elections on Sunday. With 44.2% of the vote against 38.5% for the list of outgoing President Edouard Fritch, the separatists obtained an absolute majority of 38 of the 57 seats in the Territorial Assembly.
The victory places them in a position of strength vis-à-vis the French state to negotiate a process of decolonization and a referendum of self-determination.