1991 Western Samoan general election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 5 April 1991. Following a referendum the previous year, they were the first under universal suffrage, although candidates still had to be members of the Matai.[1] The result was a victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, which won 27 of the 47 seats.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Human Rights Protection Party | 29,768 | 49.58 | 27 | +4 | |
| Samoan National Development Party | 12,756 | 21.25 | 15 | New | |
| Other parties | 13,729 | 22.87 | 0 | – | |
| Independents | 3,783 | 6.30 | 5 | +5 | |
| Total | 60,036 | 100.00 | 47 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 60,036 | 99.62 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 229 | 0.38 | |||
| Total votes | 60,265 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p782 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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