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SAMOA ELECTION

Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi and Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA  — Samoa's election results have been confirmed with 25 seats each for the incumbent HRPP and newcomer FAST, with the final seat holder yet to confirm allegiance. The FAST leader says final negotiations will be held over the coming week with an independent MP who may hold the balance of...
Samoa Electoral Commission Office staff
  Apia, SAMOA — The official results of Samoa's 2021 general election has the top two political parties still tied. The final round of counting ended Friday (yesterday in Samoa), and the Electoral Commissioner then presented the results to the Head of State, who then declared the results official....
Apia, SAMOA — Double voting surfaced during the official count for Sagaga 2 constituency that started Tuesday and was put on hold as officials examined the double-voting issue. The Office said there were 39 instances of double voting. It is suspected that those people voted in last Friday's...
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Apia, SAMOA — Samoan politics is on a knife edge. After the country voted in general elections on April 9, counting so far has resulted in a dead heat between the two major parties. This is a stunning and unexpected electoral rebuke of the ruling party, the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP),...
Samoa Election office staff
Apia, SAMOA — The final and official count for the Samoa general election 2021 is now underway. By 11pm Sunday night, all special votes had finally been sorted to the electoral constituencies - all done in the presence of official scrutineers. Provisional results over the weekend had the two main...
Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) leader Fiame Naomi Mataafa
Apia, SAMOA — Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) leader Fiame Naomi Mataafa has told the party’s election candidates that the journey with the party is not yet over and they anticipate legal challenges to some of their victories.  Party committee members including candidates in the...
Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio
Apia, SAMOA — After 15 years of trying and failing, Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio has secured his passage to Parliament, but also found himself as perhaps the most pivotal figure in Friday’s elections.  Preliminary election results showing dead-heat between the incumbent Human Rights Protection Party (H.R...
Line of voters at Falelatai and Samatau electoral district
These voters in Samoa lined up in the hot sun yesterday determined to cast their votes in the Falelatai and Samatau electoral district. Neither party is conceding defeat or claiming victory and with counting and other potential formal processes to go through yet, no formal conclusions can be drawn...
Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio
Apia, SAMOA — Pre-polling in Samoa's general election ended yesterday (Thursday in Samoa) with voting open in Samoa’s general election today (Friday in Samoa). This is the first election that the Electoral Commission announced daily results from the pre-polling. The Human Rights Protection Party...
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Menlo Park, CA — With just over one week until Samoans head to the polls, Facebook will launch an Election Day Prompt encouraging voters to get out and vote ahead of the General Election on 9 April. The prompt will be available in Samoan and English and will encourage Samoans to vote and direct...

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