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1985 Western Samoan general election

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Field	Value
country	Western Samoa
type	parliamentary
election_date	22 February 1985
previous_election	1982 Western Samoan general election
previous_year	1982
next_election	1988 Western Samoan general election
next_year	1988
seats_for_election	All 47 seats in the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	24
image1	Tofilau Eti Alesana.jpg
leader1	Tofilau Eti Alesana
party1	Human Rights Protection Party
last_election1	22
seats1	31
seat_change1	9
popular_vote1	4,698
percentage1	34.54%
image2	Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi (cropped).jpg
leader2	Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi
party2	CDP
last_election2	–
seats2	16
seat_change2	New
popular_vote2	2,052
percentage2	15.09%
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Tofilau Eti Alesana
before_party	Human Rights Protection Party
after_election	Tofilau Eti Alesana
after_party	Human Rights Protection Party

General elections were held in Western Samoa on 22 February 1985. Voting was restricted to matai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. The result was a victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, which won 31 seats. Its leader, Tofilau Eti Alesana, remained Prime Minister.

Results

Fifteen of the 47 elected MPs were new to the Legislative Assembly. Minister of Health Lavea Lio lost his seat.

Aftermath

Following the elections the HRPP held a two-day conference on 25–26 February at which it re-elected Tofilau Eti Alesana as its candidate for Prime Minister. On 9 March the Legislative Assembly elected Alesana Prime Minister; he was the only candidate after Kolone declined to be nominated. Nonumalo Sofara was re-elected as Speaker.

However, in December Alesana's 1986 budget was rejected by the Assembly with 27 votes against and 19 supporting. As the head of state refused to dissolve the Assembly, Alesana resigned as Prime Minister on 27 December. Kolone, now leader of the opposition coalition, was then elected Prime Minister.

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-335033025/view?partId=nla.obj-335123870#page/n6/mode/1up Govt. party has easy win in Samoa poll] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1985, p7
On 7 March [[Va'ai Kolone]] resigned from the party.[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-335033025/view?partId=nla.obj-335132709#page/n22/mode/1up Kolone resignation may upset Eti rule] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1985, p23
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-335534723/view?partId=nla.obj-335544278#page/n7/mode/1up Apia: Vaai Kolone back as P.M.] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1986, p8

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