1988 Western Samoan general election

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1988 Western Samoan general election
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  1985 26 February 1988 1991  

All 47 seats in the Legislative Assembly
24 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Leader Tofilau Eti Alesana Vaʻai Kolone
Party HRPP CDP-Kolone
Last election31
Seats won2324
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 9New
Popular vote5,0172,300
Percentage35.87%16.45%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.33ppNew

Prime Minister before election

Tofilau Eti Alesana
HRPP

Elected Prime Minister

Tofilau Eti Alesana
HRPP

General elections were held in Western Samoa on 26 February 1988. Voting was restricted to Matai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the Matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. [1] Although the Human Rights Protection Party received more than double the number of votes of the alliance of the Christian Democratic Party and the Va'ai Kolone Group, it won one fewer seat. However, on the day of the election of the Prime Minister by Parliament, one Coalition MP defected to the HRPP, allowing its leader Tofilau Eti Alesana to be elected Prime Minister.

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Human Rights Protection Party 5,01735.8723−9
Coalition2,30016.4524New
Independents6,66847.6800
Total13,985100.00470
Valid votes13,98599.41
Invalid/blank votes830.59
Total ballots cast
Registered voters/turnout23,160
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p782 ISBN   0-19-924959-8