Samoan general election, 1991
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General elections were held in Samoa on 5 April 1991. Following a referendum the previous year, they were the first under universal suffrage, although candidates still had to be members of the Matai.[1] The result was a victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, which won 27 of the 47 seats.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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| Human Rights Protection Party | 34,262 | 44.8 | 27 | +4 |
| Samoan National Development Party | 17,966 | 23.5 | 15 | New |
| Samoan United People's Party | 1,898 | 2.5 | 0 | New |
| Samoa All People's Party | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 22,315 | 29.3 | 5 | +5 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 360 | - | - | - |
| Total | 76,811 | 100 | 47 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
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