Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Samoa. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Samoa.| Election results are missing from this article. Using a reliable source, please add results from elections that are unlisted or incompletely listed. |
| Parties | Seats |
|---|---|
| Human Rights Protection Party | 35 |
| Samoan Democratic United Party | 10 |
| Independents | 4 |
| Samoa Party | 0 |
| Samoa Progressive Political Party | 0 |
| The Christian Party | 0 |
| Total | 49 |
| Source: Fono web site. The numbers for HRPP include five independents who joined HRPP after the election. Adam Carr, Zee and Pacific Magazine give various different results. According to Adam Carr because in double-member seats voters cast two votes, it is not possible to give national aggregate votes by party. | |
The Samoa Democratic United Party (formed after the 2001 elections) bringing together the Samoa National Development Party and the Samoa Independent Party) is led by the long serving Member of Parliament, Hon. Le Mamea Ropati Mualia. Other parties include(d) the Samoan Progressive Conservative Party, the Samoa All People's Party, and the Samoa Liberal Party.
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