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1982 Western Samoan general election

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Field	Value
country	Samoa
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1979 Western Samoan general election
previous_year	1979
next_election	1985 Western Samoan general election
next_year	1985
seats_for_election	All 47 in the Legislative Assembly
election_date	27 February 1982
majority_seats	24
outgoing_members	List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa (1979–1982)
elected_members	List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa (1982–1985)
leader1	Vaʻai Kolone
party1	Human Rights Protection Party
last_election1	–
seats1	22
seat_change1	New
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Tupuola Efi
before_party	Independent
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
after_election	Vaʻai Kolone
after_party	Human Rights Protection Party

General elections were held in Western Samoa on 27 February 1982. The Human Rights Protection Party won 22 of the 47 seats in the Legislative Assembly and was able to form a government after three independents voted for its leader, Va'ai Kolone, in the vote for prime minister.

Electoral system

The Legislative Assembly consisted of 45 Samoan members elected from 41 one or two-member constituencies and two 'individual voters' elected from a nationwide two-member constituency. Voting in the Samoan constituencies was restricted to Matai, while only citizens of European origin could vote in the individual voters constituency. Only around 15,567 people were enfranchised from a population of around 160,000.

Results

HRPP candidates won 22 seats, 11 of which were newcomers to the Legislative Assembly. MPs who had supported the government of Tupuola Efi won 11 seats. Several sitting MPs lost their seats, including Economic Affairs Minister Letiu Tamatoa, Speaker Tuuu Faletoese, Deputy Speaker Aeau Taulupoo and five HRPP members.

Aftermath

In the vote for prime minister on 13 April, HRPP leader Va'ai Kolone defeated Tupuola Efi by 24 votes to 23. Aiono Nonumalo Sofara of the HRPP was elected Speaker by the same margin, defeating Asi Faamatala.

In June. a court annulled the result in Vaimauga East after finding the winning candidate – Fuataga Laulu, who was subsequently appointed Minister of Education – guilty of treating voters. Later in the year the result in Kolone's seat was also annulled after a court decided his campaign had been illegal. Tupuola Efi subsequently became prime minister in his place. Efi offered cabinet portfolios to new HRPP leader Tofilau Eti Alesana and Le Mamea Ropati, but they refused to attend the swearing-in ceremony in protest at Kolone's removal from office. However, Efi resigned in December after the government budget was rejected and was replaced as prime minister by Eti Alesana. Kolone returned to parliament in January after winning the by-election for his former seat.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p782 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339947935/view?partId=nla.obj-339961855#page/n4/mode/1up/search/kolone Change of government in W. Samoa?] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1982, p5
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340144305/view?partId=nla.obj-340155820#page/n17/mode/1up/search/kolone Vaai vs. Tupuola: Dramatic tale of a one-vote win] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', June 1982, p18
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340149534/view?partId=nla.obj-340171868#page/n4/mode/1up W. Samoa government loses its majority] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', August 1982, p5
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340174009/view?partId=nla.obj-340193034#page/n4/mode/1up Prime Minister dismissed in W. Samoa] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', October 1982
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340183234/view?partId=nla.obj-340205211#page/n4/mode/1up W. Samoa: HRPP men refuse portfolios] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', November 1982, p5
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339617950/view?partId=nla.obj-339707131#page/n14/mode/1up Third PM in year for W. Samoa] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1983, p15

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