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Elections in Samoa
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Samoa elects on national level a legislature. The Fono or Legislative Assembly has 49 members, elected for a five year term, 47 members out of the matais (traditional heads of families) in six two-seat and 35 single-seat constituencies and 2 members by the non-Samoan nationals. The head of state is appointed for a life term. In future the head of state will be elected for a five year term by the parliament.
Samoa has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties.
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In the Samoa legislative election, 2006, the Human Rights Protection Party has a majority of the seats (26 out of 49, with 40 counted so far). The Samoa Democratic United Party has ten seats, and independents have a further four. [1]
| 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. | |
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Protection Party | 45.1 | 23 | |
| Samoan National Development Party | 23.5 | 13 | |
| Samoan United People's Party | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Non-partisans | 29.3 | 12 | |
| Total (turnout 82.4 %) | 100.0 | 49 | |
| Source: IPU. After the elections the non-partisans joined the parties, bringing the HRPP an absolute majority. | |||
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