2001 Samoan general election
General elections were held in Samoa on 2 March 2001.[1] They were won by the Human Rights Protection Party, which took 23 of the 49 seats. After the election, all 12 independent MPs joined the HRPP, giving it a majority in the Fono.
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Human Rights Protection Party | 34,262 | 44.8 | 23 | –1 |
| Samoan National Development Party | 17,966 | 23.5 | 13 | +2 |
| Samoan United People's Party | 1,898 | 2.5 | 1 | New |
| Samoa All People's Party | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 22,315 | 29.2 | 12 | –1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 360 | – | – | – |
| Total | 76,811 | 100 | 49 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 92,791 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p782 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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