Head of Government: President of the Governement Philippe GERMAINE
Assembly: New Caledonia has a unicameral Territorial Congress (Congres du Territoire) with 54 seats.
* Represented in New Caledonia by High Commissioner Thierry LATASTE
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
President of the Governement is elected by parliament to serve a 5-year term.
In the Territorial Congress (Congres du Territoire) 54 members are indirectly elected by proportional representation at the provincial level to serve 5-year terms. The Territorial Congress has 54 members that are selected proportionally based on the partisan makeup of the three provincial assemblies, which are elected for 5-year terms by proportional representation, with a 5% threshold.
