Tongan Democratic Labor Party

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Tongan Democratic Labor Party
Founded8 June 2010
Ideology Labourism
Social democracy

The Tongan Democratic Labor Party is a political party in Tonga. The party was founded on June 8, 2010, by members of the Tongan Public Servants Association. [1] It planned to contest all 17 people's constituencies in the 2010 election. [1] Five of the party's 2010 candidates were women. [2]

The party did not win any seats in the 2010 elections.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tonga PSA forms party ahead of November election". RNZ. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ten women contesting Tonga poll". RNZ. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2022.


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