1988 Western Samoan general election

General elections were held in Western Samoa on 26 February 1988. Voting was restricted to Matai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the Matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two.[1] Although the Human Rights Protection Party received more than double the number of votes of the Coalition of the Christian Democratic Party and the Va'ai Kolone Group, it won one fewer seat. However, on the day of the election of the Prime Minister by Parliament, one Coalition MP defected to the HRPP, allowing its leader Tofilau Eti Alesana to be elected Prime Minister.

1988 Western Samoan general election

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All 47 seats in the Legislative Assembly
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tofilau Eti Alesana Vaʻai Kolone
Party HRPP CDP-Kolone
Last election 31
Seats won 23 24
Seat change Decrease 9 New
Popular vote 5,017 2,300
Percentage 35.87% 16.45%
Swing Increase 1.33pp New

Prime Minister before election

Tofilau Eti Alesana
HRPP

Elected Prime Minister

Tofilau Eti Alesana
HRPP

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Human Rights Protection Party5,01735.8723–9
Coalition2,30016.4524New
Independents6,66847.6800
Total13,985100.00470
Valid votes13,98599.41
Invalid/blank votes830.59
Total ballots cast
Registered voters/turnout23,160
Source: Nohlen et al.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p782 ISBN 0-19-924959-8